Robbins, J. (2012).
Learning web design: A beginner's guide to HTML, CSS, Javascript, and web
graphics (4th ed., pp. 3-46). Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly.
Chapter 1 - 3 Summary
The first chapter of book
“A beginner’s guide to HTML, CSS, Javascript, and web graphics” mainly
introduces some basic concepts, protocols, languages, softwares and
technologies about the web design. And all kinds of design we need to consider
when we set up websites. Chapter 2 illustrated how the Internet works. It gives
us a picture of the way that so many computers and devices work together.
Chapter 3 talks about multi-devices, the standards and the performance.
Reflection
Internet has been
developed in a very fast pace in this 20 years. It has become part of our life
now. We get information, communicate, do all kinds of business in this
platform. So we need to learn it and use it well. But it is hard to get
started, since it’s complicated. We can benefit from this book while it provide
us a easy start. After reading the first three chapters, I have the following
two questions.
Question 1
In the web design, we
have the choices of Frontend design and Backend design, which one is for me?
Frontend design is about
the design that appears or relates to the browser. Backend design is about the
program on the server side. Both designs are important. I think we should have
some knowledge of both design. But I will choose focus on the Frontend design,
because as an Instructional designer, we need to think more from the user side,
and design more user friendly learning modules.
Question 2
Since Internet is open to
public, how to keep our privacy while we surf in Internet all the time?
Although share
information is important to us, “privacy” is also essential. If all the
information is open to the public in Internet, then it will become an insecure
place. And nobody will get involved in it because we can need to protect our
sensitive information, such as credit card info, social secure number etc. So
we have HTTPS protocol to transfer our information securely through internet by
encryption. And we have Intranet an Extranet, to control the information that
users can access according to their identity. And we have many security
technology like firewall, SMIME etc to ensure security on Internet.
Selena,
ReplyDeleteI think internet safety is so important. I feel like every day in the news we are gearing about people being hacked or things being "found" on the internet. I am curious to learn more about this topic throughout this class because right now it is my understanding that with the right knowledge and software people could be able to access quite a bit of our personal information that we put out onto the web using the internet. I have always heard that once its on the web it will always stay there and I wonder how true that really is?