Have you ever heard someone discuss with you their obsession with coding and not understand a word they are saying? At least at one point in our lives, we have all encountered something like this. In this article, I will be discussing with you coding and how its codes help build a website.
What is Coding?
Coding can be overwhelming and confusing when you are first starting out with learning the basics. Coding uses a bunch of symbols combined with rules that bind together to help build a websites instruction manual.
A few basics for you to learn starting out is knowing the difference in HTML, CSS, and even JavaScript. Although these seems to be a bunch of jumbled up letters, by the end of this article, you should be able to understand the coding basics.
Coding Language (3+1 Model)
Each website you view has a foundation consisting of 3 languages and a database. This creates a 3+1 model.
Before we discuss how a website is built, first we need to understand the different coding languages. There are three languages that are important: HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
HTML: HyperText Markup Language is the markup language used for documents to be displayed within the web browser. (Structure)
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets language helps describe the presentation of a document and is written in a markup such as HTML. (Style)
JavaScript: A programming language that conforms to the specification. (Logic)
In order for your website to build a code, it must have structure, style and logic. All of these are found within the HTML, CSS and JavaScript code.
Coding Database
Along with the three languages, your website foundation needs some kind of database. This is the +1 part in the 3+1 model for coding.
The different types of databases: MySQL, SQL Server, XML, Oracle
These databases in coding are used to display your information separately from the main server code you are using. It does this so it does not store everything in the memory or file that you manage yourself.
The 4 Steps to Building a Website
The process to building a websites code comes from these 4 key factors that makeup the foundational code.
- Create a Host
- Domain Registration
- Build Webpage
- “Put” files onto website code
Once you apply the 3+1 model to the 4 steps to building a website, you will soon be on your way to building the next successful website!
