Web Development

Web development comprises all aspects of developing a web site or web application.

Learn how to create anything from a simple web site to complex, highly interactive web sites featuring the latest Web technologies by perusing the articles you'll find here.

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Technologies

Introduction to Web development: A guide to learning how to develop for the Web.
HTML: HyperText Markup Language is the basic language for creating web pages and other documents displayed in a browser.
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets make it possible to do advanced layout and page design on the Web.
JavaScript: JavaScript is the most commonly used scripting language for developing web applications; it's also used in the development of Mozilla-based software.
DOM: The Document Object Model is an API for HTML and XML documents, providing a structural representation of the document that you can modify in order to alter its visual presentation.
AJAX: Asynchronous JavaScript and XML isn't so much a technology as a combination of technologies; using JavaScript and other modern web technologies together to create dynamic web applications.
XHTML: Extensible HyperText Markup Language is an XML-based HTML-like language that offers a stricter syntax than HTML.
SVG: Scalable Vector Graphics is an XML markup language for describing 2D vector graphics.

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Web standards: Learn how to make your Web site or application reach the largest number of users through compatibility with the open Web.
Responsive Web design: Use CSS to present the same content across all hardware platforms, from mobile phones to wide-screen, high-res desktop displays.
Writing forward-compatible websites: Best practices for creating websites that do not break when browsers are updated.
Mobile Web development: Developing sites for be viewed on mobile devices involves some unique approaches that may not be familiar to those accustomed to developing for desktop browsers.
Mozilla Web developer FAQ: Frequently asked questions from Web developers. With answers!

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