Saturday, 19 November 2016

OUGD504 - coding

Coding and designing for screen

Languages:
HTML - hyper text markup language
CSS - cascading style sheets
Java - android
Javascript - advanced effects
SQL - database language
PHP - server based language
iOS - apple language
Ruby - twitter

Designing for browsers

Chrome
Firefox
Safari
etc

all use HTML and CSS

Devices

desktop computers
laptops
tablets
mobile phones
etc

RESPONSIVE WEBSITE
(works with different devices)

BREADCRUMBS
navigating from one page to any other page on the website

HAMBURGER ICON
drop down menu on phone (navigation menu)
-look at facebooks use of the icon

72px/inch before retina
(loads images quicker)
Retina screens almost always take longer to load as file sizes are often bigger.
The average user waits 2.6 seconds to decide whether they will stay on a website or move on.

Accessibility

screen readers read out the contents of screen to the user. Most common for those who are visually impaired.
Laws have been passed so they have to be accessible to anyone

Tags

open <home>
close </home>


Have to be included in all websites. They must all also close.

<html> </html>
<head> </head>
<title> </title>
<body> </body>

homepage is called index so can be understood around the world

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