Brief History On The Internet:
• Internet is quite new - created in 1991 at CERN (nuclear research centre in Geneva, Switzerland)
• Tim Burners-Lee came up with the idea for internet; initially text based
first ever website ^^
• Steve Jobs worked at CERN and created the first web server - a NeXT computer
• 1992 - the first image was put on the internet
Useful Terminology:
• Tags - what coding is made up of
• HTTP - hyper text transfer protocol (the process of transferring code)
• URL - uniform resource locator
• HTML - hyper text markup language (the language of the coding)
• CSS - cascading style sheets (make websites look nice)
• FTP - file transfer protocol (to send a finished website to a server)
• CMS - content management system (to manage live websites, makes a website dynamic)
• Skeuomorphism - imitate something physical (eg e-books when the pages flip across the screen)
Responsive - responsive design can be adapted to a variety of media using screens of various sizes. Also called 'reactive design'. Designed by Ethan Marcotte.
Massimo Vignelli - all websites are made from grids designed by Vignelli.
Good Books & Websites
"HTML & CSS: Design & Build Websites" by John Duckett
"Scratching The Surface" by Adrian Shaughnessy - talks about skeuomorphism
awwwards.com
fivesimplesteps.com
webdesignledger.com
piccsy.com/everything-design
aisleone.net
