Midterm

You should be familiar with each item listed below. You should be able to implement each correctly, provide examples of each as well as list out inclusive elements of each. Rememeber that the exam is very traditional in its approach.

Web object naming rules
- lowercase
  - Windows - case insensitive
  - Unix - case sensitive
- no spaces
  - space = %20
- no special characters
  - Avoid: (\),(/),(*),(?),(@),(.)
- short and meaningful
Five required elements within an XHTML page and where they reside in the code
1. doctype
  
  declaration
  
  <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
  
  doctype definition
  
  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
2. root element with namespace
  - first ELEMENT in an html document
  - THE parent element
  - <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"></html>
3. head
  - <head></head>
4. title
  - <title>TITLE</title>
5. body
  - <body></body>
  - parent element for everything displayed
well formed and valid
The five syntax rules of XHTML markup and examples of each
1. Elements/Tags must close properly
2. Elements/Tags and attributes must be in lowercase
3. Value of attributes must be enclosed within quotation marks
4. You must have an attribute and a value; no attribute minimization (ex. <input checked="checked"> NOT <input checked>)
5. Elements/Tags must be nested properly
The four web design rules and examples of each
1. Design for your audience
2. Give the audience what they want; Less is More; No clutter
3. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should; flash
4. Most people spend their time on other sites; use conventions
CSS
- implementation and rules
- selectors (ex. p)
- declarations (ex. color: blue;)
- property (ex. color: blue;)
- value (ex. color: blue;)
- including id's
- classes (ex. .class)
- elements
- inheritance
Path types
- relative (ex. "/css/menu.css")
- absolute (ex. http://isaacsondesign.biz/css/menu.css")
Accessibility guideline establishing organizations
- URL's
  - http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer
  - http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
- guideline checklists
- implemenation in web pages
Basic usability considerations
- examples of usable design
Domain types
- rules to qualify for a domain type
- primary
  - .com, .edu, .net, and .org
- secondary
  - .info, .name, .tv, .pro, .biz, .aero, .arpa, .biz, .cat, .coop, .int, .jobs, .mobi, .museum, .name,and .travel
ASP
- definition and a basic request\reponse model overview
Recordset - response to a query; sent from database to Application Server
- Sorting - Declaration of which record to use
- Filtering - order of records within a recordset
SQL interactions
- Insert - insert a record within a database
- Update - update/edit a record within a database
- Delete - delete a record within a database
- Select - display menu from a database; also dynamic list/menu