General Types of Internet PRogramming, Need Help RUsh

@jopemanJun 28.2005

Hello to everyone all moderators I am new to this forum and i need help about what are the general types of Internet Programming I’ve been searching the web but I’m not sure if it is the server-side and client-side programming.. I know this question sounds basic but generally I really don’t know what are the general types of Internet programming I hope you can help me right away.. I’m running out of time.. I guess my professor had misused the term “GEneral Types” is there really a “general types” of internet programming..

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@Jeff_MottJun 28.2005 — #Never heard the term. Nor can I think of an answer that would be an obvious fit for the term. Sounds to me like your professor has his own lingo for the course.

@invertedpandaJun 28.2005 — #Well, that sounds right, but it sounds like he moreso wants the book definition, if you are using a book. If your class isn't using a book, well, then, maybe he wants something from his lectures..

Still, I hate it when professors basically expect you to just regurgitate things they have said or that the book has said, just by using keywords. When asking a question, you should at least give SOME clue to what you are talking about.

@Sup3rkirbyJun 28.2005 — #Maybe I'm just a crazy HS student who sees the world as if he were high, but I understood that...... Or I think I did.

'... "general types" of internet programming.. ...', wouldn't this just be the general types of internet programming? I don't know how else to put it, but I just see it as the basic, general types of programming for the internet....

HTML, JS, a little PHP, probably some JAVA, and maybe a little more.... I dunno.

But geez, I'm not in college and don't know your professor, so I could be completely wrong.... But I was just taking it like he said it....

@MstrBobJun 28.2005 — #Well, if you want to divide it into categories, erm, there's Client Side, in which the browser or other type of user agent performs scripting, usually with an interpretted language such as Javascript or VB Script. I guess technically, ActionScript would fall under this category as well, since it's the user agent who performs the scripted actions. Then you'd have Server Side, in which the server performs the scripted actions and sends the results to a user agent. You'd have technologies such as PHP, JPS, asp, and the languages of .NET as well as others.

Otherwise I'm just not sure what you're looking for.

Oh, and HTML and CSS are [b]not[/b] programming or scripting languages. ?

@Stephen_PhilbinJun 28.2005 — #Or perhaps he means all that is involved in the creation and distribution of data and documents, in which case you might want to talk about the protocols used too.Though which protocols you would discruss and to what level and extent is yet another layer of abstract wierdness you'll have to plough through depending on your interpretation of what is frankly, a stupid question.

@Sup3rkirbyJun 28.2005 — #
... Oh, and HTML and CSS are [b]not[/b] programming or scripting languages. ?[/QUOTE]

Well, I figured CSS wasn't a programming or scripting language.... I don't see how it could be. But for my own educational purposes, what would HTML be classified as? Or what is its proper catagory?

And nvm about my last post. I now doubt that the "general types of Internet Programming" are the languages, or that would have(should have) been included in the question/statement(by the prof).

@MstrBobJun 28.2005 — #Well, I figured CSS wasn't a programming or scripting language.... I don't see how it could be. But for my own educational purposes, what would HTML be classified as? Or what is its proper catagory?

And nvm about my last post. I now doubt that the "general types of Internet Programming" are the languages, or that would have(should have) been included in the question/statement(by the prof).[/QUOTE]

HTML is a markup language. [b]H[/b]yper [b]T[/b]ext [b]M[/b]arkup [b]L[/b]anguage. It's a subset of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language). It'd fall in the same category as XML subsets, such as SVG, XHTML, XML Key, and others.

@Sup3rkirbyJun 28.2005 — #
... [b]H[/b]yper [b]T[/b]ext [b]M[/b]arkup [b]L[/b]anguage. ...
[/QUOTE]

Yes yes, I knew this. But then, what is a markup language? I just saw HTML as a language in itself that you learn to create webpages to view in browsers. And I just saw programming languages and languages in themselves that you learn to create programs and preform actions on a computer. But I also saw HTML as a similar thing. A set of instructions for a web browser to create a visual representation of data. But apparently it is not a programming language. It is a markup language(inplied in the def). But what is that?

@Stephen_PhilbinJun 29.2005 — #It's a language to mark up data. It has nothing to do with visual representation in a browser. The browser can do what it likes with the markup it recieves. The browser could render a 3D model of a six-legged cow and place all the text of your document on the tongue of the cow and have you tickle the cows' belly with your mouse so it opens its mouth so you can read the text if it likes.

HTML is a mark up (or meta) language. It just provides data that describes the data in the document. Like "Here's the title of the page", "This is a paragraph", "the next document to follow in this series is found at this location: xxxxxxx", and so on. CSS is the language that describes the presentation of a document.

Markup languages are used to describe and define things.

@jopemanauthorJun 29.2005 — #Hello everyone thanks for the Replies,

well I guess "THe General types" My Prof. was talking about was the server side and client side. From your replies I deduce that there are only two types of programming for web the Server Side and Client Side. and there were no other types( if there are please inform me)..

The Server-Side needs a CGI and the script was process from the remote server.

While the

Client-Side was automatically process with the page itself.

Is my understanding correct?

Thanks again

Jopeman

@invertedpandaJun 29.2005 — #Server side doesn't require a CGI binary necessarily - you can install PHP in Apache without a CGI binary. I think it works the same way for perl and whatnot - mod_perl, mod_php.. I dunno, I just finished my last semester of CIS courses, I'm a bit burned out (and am taking accounting, and Myth & Folk lit online right now).

I think, at least. This is coming from doing about 50 PHP/MySQL/Apache setups at college ? The whole process just becomes like an automation for me.. I don't even really think about what I'm doing, I just do it. :/

*edit*

another way to differentiate is this:

Server Side: the server interprets the script and generates HTML code, completely transparent to the user. Examples would be where a script would draw the content for a webpage from a database, puts it in an HTML file, and sends it to you.

Client Side: you download the script and your browser (with the proper interpreter) interprets the script on your machine, outputting the results (assuming there is a result ?) to the browser as specified by the script. For instance, it could be a rollover image. You mouse over the image, and the script executes, changing the image.