The web and a developer’s role

Editor's Notes

• #3: Start by asking attendees how they figured the works ? Call for 4 answers. Take a deep pause and explain this is why we are here. To understand what happens when you for example request for a page. The things that needs to be done.
• #10: The term is often mistakenly used as a synonym for the Internet itself, but the Web is a service that operates over the Internet, just as e-mail also does. The World Wide Web Consortium ( W3C ) is the standards organization that oversees the continued development of the web and was founded in October 1994 by Tim Berners Lee. It was founded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologies and as of November 4 , 2015 has over 408 members. You can find out about the w3c at www.w3.org
• #11: The internet exists because devices are interconnected. The Internet Protocol Suite is is the computer networking model and set of communications protocols used on the Internet and similar computer networks. Refered to as the TCP/IP because its most important protocols, the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP) were the first networking protocols defined in this suites of standards IP is the principal communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying datagrams across network boundaries and has the task of delivering packets from the source host to the destination host solely based on the IP addresses in the packetheaders..
• #12: HTTP functions as a request-response protocol in the client-server computing model. A web browser, for example, may be the client and an application running on a computer hosting a web site may be the server. The client submits an HTTP request message to server, The server, which provides resources such as HTML files and other content, performs other functions on behlaf of the client, returns a response message to the client. The response contains completition status information about the request and may also contain requested content in its message body. HTTP resouces are located on a network by a UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR using the UNIFORM RESOURCE IDENTIFIER schemes http and https. A web server’s function is to store, process and deliver web pages to clients and a full implementation includes receiving content from clients via a web browser.. The communication takes place using HTTP. Web server is an information technology that processes requests via HTTP, the basic network protocol used to distribute information on the World Wide Web. The term can refer to the entire computer system, an appliance, or specifically to the software that accepts and supervises the HTTP requests. Web Browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting and transversing information resources on the World Wide Web or Web. An information resource is identified by a URI/URL (uniform resource identifier/locator ) and may be a web page, image, video or other piece of content
• #13: A web developer programmes the code that tells a website how to function. He might build from ground or bottom up, this means designing a website in such a way that both old and new users have no difficulty navigating a the site. He might make us software that make development time faster. Examples include Joomla, Wordpress, CodeIgniter, Laravel, BootStrap Some popilar websites include Facebook, Twitter, LindaIkeji, NairaLand etc A web developer could be a front-end developer A web developer can be a back-end developer It could also be someone who curates and develops original content for the web, Depending on the scale of the Web Site/ Web Application on hand one or combination of two or more roles may be performed by the same person.
• #14: Developing a web site is easy. But usually when websites are developed, they are meant to be long lived and are usually to serve specific purposes. Usually, they also grow, require new features and sometimes becoming bigger. Maintenance is the series of steps carried out on a piece of software to ensure that it continues to serve its purposes by evolving as the needs of it’s user’s evolves. Maintenance is carried out to correct faults, improve performance , add new features and/or other attributes.
• #15: When websites are developed, they are meant to be used by end users also called consumers. Sometimes, someone would seek you out and ask that you develop a website for a speicifc purpose, such a person could be your employer or a third party seeking you out as a contractor. In all cases there are usually specific request that needs to be fulfilled, ability to develop a website that the consumer can navigate and perform all intended actions successfully while still fulfilling the needs of your client is a very important job of a web developer. Nobody wants a website that nobody can use. Either because its a disaster to look at or simply because it breaks when you need it the most, But every website costs time, a lot of mental energy and a lot of cash depending on the complexity of the website. So it is important that web developers can develop websites that are fit for purpose, scalable and makes use of hardware resources effectively.