Introduction to Web Development: Key Concepts and Technologies
Web development is the process of creating websites and web applications for the internet. It encompasses several different aspects, including web design, web content development, client-side/server-side scripting, and network security configuration.
Key Concepts:
HTML (HyperText Markup Language): The standard markup language used to create web pages.
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets): A stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in HTML or XML.
JavaScript: A programming language that enables interactive web pages and is an essential part of web applications.
Responsive Design: An approach to web design that makes web pages render well on a variety of devices and window or screen sizes.
Version Control Systems (VCS): Tools like Git that help developers manage changes to source code over time.
Technologies:
Front-end Frameworks/Libraries: React, Vue.js, Angular...
Back-end Technologies: Node.js, Django, Ruby on Rails...
Databases: MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL...
Hosting and Cloud Services: AWS, Google Cloud, Heroku...