IMS456 BASIC

WEB DESIGN AND Chapter 1 Internet

CONTENT and the WWW

MANAGEMENT
HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT OF
INTERNET

Def: Collection of computers that are all connected to

each other.
Other definition: a computer network consisting of a
worldwide network of computer networks that use the
TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission
and exchange
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 HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT OF
INTERNET
History:
1962: ARPAnet, a U.S. Department of
Defense project to create a nationwide
computer network.
1992: U.S. government began pulling out of
network management, and commercial
entities offered Internet access to the general
public for the first time
HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD WIDE WEB

Def: kaleidoscopic collection of hundreds of millions of

documents, all of which reside someplace on the Internet
Written using HTML.
Def from W3C website, The World Wide Web :
(known as "WWW', "Web" or "W3") is the universe of network-
accessible information, the embodiment of human knowledge.
The World Wide Web began as a networked information project
at CERN, where Tim Berners-Lee, now Director of the World
Wide Web Consortium [W3C], developed a vision of the project.
HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD WIDE WEB

History:
began as a networked information project at CERN, where Tim
Berners-Lee, now Director of the World Wide Web Consortium
[W3C], developed a vision of the project.
The Web has:
 a body of software
 set of protocols and conventions.
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Through the use hypertext and multimedia techniques, the web

is easy for anyone to roam, browse, and contribute to.
LATEST DEVELOPMENT & TECHNOLOGY

 Client-Side
  Development
    HTML
    XML
    CSS
    Graphics
    JavaScript
    ASP
    Multimedia
    Web Video
    Accessibility
    Dreamweaver    Expression Web
    General

 Server-Side
  Development
    PHP
    Perl
    .NET
    Forum, Blog, Wiki & CMS
    SQL
    Java ( JavaScript)
    Other
 UNDERSTANDING WEB
ARCHITECTURE
The Client Server Architecture
The Internet revolves around the client-server architecture. Your computer runs software called the
client and it interacts with another software known as the server located at a remote computer. The
client is usually a browser such as Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator or Mozilla. Browsers interact
with the server using a set of instructions called protocols. These protocols help in the accurate transfer
of data through requests from a browser and responses from the server. There are many protocols
available on the Internet. The World Wide Web, which is a part of the Internet, brings all these protocols
under one roof. You can, thus, use HTTP, FTP, Telnet, email etc. from one platform - your web browser.
Some common Internet protocols
HTTP (HyperText transfer Protocol): used on the World Wide Web (WWW) for transfering web pages and
files contained in web pages such as images.
FTP (File Transfer protocol): employed for transfering files from one machine to the other.
SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol): used for email.
Telnet Protocol: Used to open telnet sessions.
The web employs a connection-less protocol, which means that after every client-server interaction
the connection between the two is lost.
Let us now examine the client-server inter-communication with three models.
Model #1 of the client-server architecture - Static HTML pages
The client (browser) requests for an HTML file stored on the remote machine through the server
software. The server locates this file and passes it to the client. The client then displays this file on your
machine. In this case, the HTML page is static. Static pages do not change until the developer modifies
them.
 TERMINOLOGY
• The application used by the client to read (interprets) HTML pages.
Browser

• An application on the client's machine that will transfer files to and from
FTP a server or other computer.
Client

• A computer on a network that manages resources.

Server

Web • The person responsible for the visual and multimedia content of a web
Desig site.
ner
• The person responsible for creating and maintaining the interface
Web between the front and back end of a web site; most of the time also
Devel considered a programmer.
oper
• A computer that stores web page files and sends them to browsers when
Web requested.
Server
REFERENCES
http://www.mediacollege.com/internet/utilities/
http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/basics/client_serv
er_architecture.php3
http://sites.csn.edu/cg/kanet/grc175/lectures/brief_hist
ory.htm