Week 5 Analyse Requirements

Helen Andrews
Aug 28, 2017 · 3 min read

The history of HTML and the web

In 1989 Tim Berners-Lee invented the web with in invention of HTML, it was created in a European Lab for Particle Physics in Geneva, Switzerland. Tim was working in computer services when he came up with the idea. He came up with the idea when trying to find an easier way to share documents between co-workers who weren’t on his site.

1990s — the web was a prototype in the 90’s.

1991 — WWW mailing list created

1994 — Dave Ragget has a prototype for HTML+

1995 — HTML is redesigned by Dave

1995 — Internet Explorer is invented

2014 — W3C releases the 5th version of HTML

Languages of the web:

This week we were set the task of finding out what sort of languages we were to use when creating our webpage.

In the site I will be creating, there will be many languages used, so I will list off those. I will be using the most common types available to us for use.

HTML — this will create the page and its structure.

CSS — how it is laid out and the type of borders, sizing, padding etc.

Java Script — this will be what my website does after it loads, especially with the live booking section.

Development tools

There are so many different types of development tools out there for us to use, all have their own little quirks, I have tried many different ones in the last weeks, here is a list of some and my thoughts on each one.

Artisteer, this program is pretty good for the lazy coder I would say, it has everything you could need to create a website quickly and easily, but it’s very chunky, and when converted onto the WWW is doesn’t always works as it does inside the program, a lot of the time the sizing and padding you have put in on artisteer goes out the window and it is all resized and stretched. But apart from this, very easy to learn and quick to knock out an interesting website.

NotePad — I think everyone has used note pad or ++ at some stage to create a simple site, this is a good program to learn in, as you have to know the basics to be able to code. Sites using this are good, you know that there was time and effort put into making sure the website flowed as it should, I am considering using this, but am not sure with the online booking system how I am going to get it to work just yet, might have to include a plug in.

WordPress — CMS, easy, although when you try and replace a picture within their site that isn’t the right size, it doesn’t always resize the way you might think, it is best to make sure you resize everything to the original code size or you are going to have an interesting time trying to fix the problem.

Adobe Dreamweaver — another option for me is Dreamweaver, I am very familiar with this program and it has some great features in which you can use while creating a website. I like all the spilt screen and a lot of the time have it set so I can see live updates.

Photoshop — I can’t go past Photoshop, I just know how to use it! I have used other adobe products and do enjoy them, illustrator and flash etc. but I tend to stick with what I know when editing photos, as the process can be long and tedious to learn a new program and I’ve not come across one in my research that is worth swapping for.

Development Environment

My development environment is set up in my lounge room, I have a dedicated space in which I call “my office” I really need a new desk as my laptop is propped up on a chair and connected to a larger monitor, but I works, and I do all of my work this way. On my laptop I have all of the programs in which I will be working with to create my site and pages, to make it easier I have all of the programs shortcuts I use either pinned to my taskbar or saved to the desktop.

All of my work is saved onto my portable USB drive, this makes it easier for me to travel into tafe with as well as its large capacity size and well as physical size I am less likely to lose it like a smaller memory stick, this hard drive is backed up the my drop box, and it’s set to automatically update.

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