Web Design Forum

Web Design
Web Design is complicated: UX (user experience), UI (user interface), front-end client work, graphics design, Usability and Accessibility, (where usability is how simple the site is to get things done and accessibility being how persons with disabilities use the site). There is a lot going on with Web Design.

HTML 5
The 5 in HTML 5 just means the latest structural code that is implemented to define the HTML used to keep up with all the changes on the web worldwide. There will not be an HTML 6 anytime soon. HTML builds the structure and content of a web site.

CSS 3
CSS has grown into a mixed syntax that defines the presentation of a page on the web; it also has grown into the full blown specification for how the DOM (Document Object Model) interacts with the JavaScript functions; this specification has grown very extensive in past few years.

JavaScript Programming
JavaScript controls the behavior of the website as it is presented on the page; it communicates to the DOM, handle server calls, and sets up listeners that keep track of the events produced on the page (clicks, mouse movements, etc. ).

Angular JS, II, IV, and V
Angular made great progress by allowing one-page sites (gotta love the Anchor Tag!); but man-O-man it got very complex fast; large sites became so convoluted and messy. Angular II set the standard that other Angular advancements would support.

PHP Programming
On the server is an open software language that handles the HTTP requests and delivers both the static and dynamic code to be sent out to the client. PHP is super powerful server-side language with the greatest number of sites on the Internet.

Git Hub, Git Lab
More than a version control system; it allows teams to work together and build repositories of code that can be easily updated, shared, and maintained. There's a little bit of a learning curve when actually working with Git; but since it's takeover by Microsoft it's sure to be supported.

Adobe Animate -- JavaScript API and Frameworks -- Flash for the <Canvas> tag
Adobe Animate IDE provides a way to add motion objects into the canvas. These objects can then be controlled by normal JavaScript code. Adobe Animate builds the resulting environment nicely; that is, files are generated that can organize the actual animation that gets outputted to the <canvas> tag -- in real time. Animate also is a nice platform to use Adobe Illustrator files together to mix media files together to build short videos and social media ads.