Giải phần I của Learning Web Design

Sau đây là đáp án các bài tập phần I trong cuốn sách Learning Web Design của bà Jennifer Niederst Robbins.
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Chương I

Bài 1

1) In my opinion:
1.1) My web design goal is to make my own website and use some of mine as an assignment.
1.2) I am interested in frontend design the most.
1.3) My current skills are HTML and CSS.
1.4) I need to brush up on (to improve) some C++ codes and Pascal.
1.5) The hardware and software tools are many to me.
1.6) I don't need to buy any more tools and softwares, because...it's enough for us.
2) TEST YOURSELF KEY:
2.1)
Graphic designer → Photoshop page sketch
Production department → HTML and CSS documents
User experience designer → Storyboards
Web programmer → PHP scripts
2.2) W3C is the consortium not only for web design, but, according to Wikipedia, also engages in education and outreach, develops software and serves as an open forum for discussion about the web.
2.3)
Checks a form field for a valid entry? ⇒ JavaScript
Creates a custom server-side web application? ⇒ PHP
Identifies text as a second-level heading? ⇒ HTML
Defines a new markup language for sharing financial information? ⇒ XML
Makes all second-level headings blue? ⇒ CSS
2.4) Frontend: Graphical Interface for websites; Backend: Site functionality programming.
2.5) A web authoring tool provides a visual interface for creating entire web pages, including the necessary HTML, CSS, and scripts. HTML editors provide only shortcuts to writing HTML documents manually.

Chương II

Bài 1

1) This is the image of the website (e.g. InterAction Studios website) and its HTML code.

2) TEST YOURSELF KEY:

HTML ⇒ The markup language used to describe web content.

WWW Consortium (W3C) → The organization that monitors web technologies.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) → Particle physics lab where the Web was born.

CSS → The language used to instruct how web content looks.

HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) → Protocol for transferring web documents on the Internet.

IP → Internet Protocol.

Uniform Resource Locator (URL) → The location of a web document or resource.

National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) → Home of Mosaic, the first graphical (and proprietary) browser.

Domain Name System (DNS) → Matches domain names with numeric IP addresses.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) → A protocol for file transfer.

Chương III

TEST YOURSELF

1) The factors for moblie web developing are: What the size of the screen or browser window is; what the user’s Internet connection speed is; whether the user is at a desk or on the go (context and attention span).
2)

Progressive enhancement ⇒ All levels of browser capabilities.

Server-side detection ⇒ Determining which device is being used.

Responsive design ⇒ A variety of screen sizes.

Web Accessibility Initiative – Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) ⇒ Assistive reading and input devices.

Site performance optimization ⇒ Slow connection speeds.

3) There are four types of disabled web users: Sight impairment (blindness), hearing impairment(deafness), arm or leg impairment and cognitive impairment.
4) Waterfall chart is used for performance of web sites.
5) Responsive design takes care of the layout, but does not in itself provide alternate content that may be appropriate for the mobile context. Servers are able to detect more features than CSS media queries and can make better decisions about what content to serve.