PLUG Meetings

May Meeting (Meeting Archive 2014)

The meeting on 28th May 2014 is on the topic Introduction to Web Development.

A look at HTML, CSS JavaScript and other basic elements of web development.


The fundamentals of web development

In this session we will aim to cover:

  • How to set up your own web server. If you have a spare PC, it's an easy 10-minute task to install the Turnkey Linux "LAMP" server. This provides everything you need to try out web development. We'll go through the full installation process.
  • Overview of HTTP - the HyperText Transfer Protocol - that allows applications (typically a web browser) to access information held on a web server.
  • Introduction to HTML - the HyperText Markup Language - which is used to create web pages.
  • A guide to Open Source software for creating web pages.
  • Introduction to CSS - Cascading Style Sheets - which provides a mechanism to make HTML documents look the way you want.
  • Introduction to JavaScript - the language developed by Netscape that makes it possible for users to interact with web pages.