HTML5: A Look Behind the Technology Changing the Web — (Article Review #8)

Article Title: HTML5: A Look Behind the Technology Changing the Web

Article Author:
Don Clark

Article Publication Date:
November 11, 2011

URL: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203537304577030033160849296.html

Article Summary:
HTML5 is becoming widespread due to its usefulness around the web. This type
of programming is rapidly changing the face of the web because apps for mobile
devices are being developed by HTML5 and not flash. HTML5 seems to be making flash more uses because companies are turning towards HTML5.


Relevance to Class:
HTML5 is becoming the lead innovator of the web. It enables designers to be
creative once again on the web.


Key Quote:
Danny Winokur, Adobe's general manager for interactive development. "If you want
to be delivering a Web experience around multiple devices, you have to be doing it
in HTML5," he says.

Which Programming Language to Learn – Web Programming — (Article Review #7)

Article Title: Which Programming Language to Learn – Web Programming

Article Author:
James Bruce

Article Publication Date:
November 9th, 2011

Url: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/programming-language-learn-web-programming/

Article Summary:
PHP - Serves more of a user purpose (Facebook,Wikipedia and Word Press)
MySQL - Database - Presents Organized Information for the user
Javascript / Jquery - Responds to user actions on a web page.

The best to start with is PHP/MySQL for web programming because its useful for real world experience.

Relevance to Class:
How different types of web programming can influence the structure of data presented to the users.

Key Quote:
"PHP is mainly used in conjunction with MySQL to pull information from a database,
manipulate it and present it to the user."