how the web works... basically
Website basic components
- A server to host the website
- A domain/URL/IP address that points to a location on that server
- Files that render valid html
- HTML <--- PHP, ASP.Net, Python, Ruby, etc
- Domain registrars
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DNS management
- mail, web traffic, subdomains, etc.
Servers
- Self-hosted
- Shared
- Virtual Private Server
- Dedicated Server
dreamhost.com, godaddy.com, rackspace.com, etc.
Server Software
- Stacks
- Four main components
- Operating System
- Web Server
- Database Management System
- Scripting Languages
Most Popular Server Software
- Operating System - Linux
- Web Server - Apache
- Database Management System - MySQL
- Scripting Languages - PHP
HTML
hyper text markup language
- foundation of all websites
- calls other assets
- source*
HTML Structure
Examples of other assets or includes
- CSS (cascading style sheets)
- JS (javascript)
- Images
- other files
