Javascript
JavaScript is a dynamic computer programming language. It is lightweight and most commonly used as a part of web pages, whose implementations allow client-side script to interact with the user and make dynamic pages. It is an interpreted programming language with object-oriented capabilities.
Client-side JavaScript is the most common form of the language. The script should be included in or referenced by an HTML document for the code to be interpreted by the browser. It means that a web page need not be a static HTML, but can include programs that interact with the user, control the browser, and dynamically create HTML content. The JavaScript client-side mechanism provides many advantages over traditional CGI server-side scripts. For example, you might use JavaScript to check if the user has entered a valid e-mail address in a form field. The JavaScript code is executed when the user submits the form, and only if all the entries are valid, they would be submitted to the Web Server. JavaScript can be used to trap user-initiated events such as button clicks, link navigation, and other actions that the user initiates explicitly or implicitly.
The merits of using JavaScript are −
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Less server interaction − You can validate user input before sending the page off to the server. This saves server traffic, which means less load on your server.
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Immediate feedback to the visitors − They don't have to wait for a page reload to see if they have forgotten to enter something.
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Increased interactivity − You can create interfaces that react when the user hovers over them with a mouse or activates them via the keyboard.
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Richer interfaces − You can use JavaScript to include such items as drag-and-drop components and sliders to give a Rich Interface to your site visitors
We cannot treat JavaScript as a full-fledged programming language. It lacks the following important features −
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Client-side JavaScript does not allow the reading or writing of files. This has been kept for security reason.
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JavaScript cannot be used for networking applications because there is no such support available.
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JavaScript doesn't have any multi-threading or multiprocessor capabilities.
Microsoft Azure
Azure is a cloud computing platform and an online portal that allows you to access and manage cloud services and resources provided by Microsoft. These services and resources include storing your data and transforming it, depending on your requirements. To get access to these resources and services, all you need to have is an active internet connection and the ability to connect to the Azure portal.
Things that you should know about Azure:
- It was launched on February 1, 2010, significantly later than its main competitor, AWS.
- It’s free to start and follows a pay-per-use model, which means you pay only for the services you opt for.
- Interestingly, 80 percent of the Fortune 500 companies use Azure services for their cloud computing needs.
- Azure supports multiple programming languages, including Java, Node Js, and C#.
- Another benefit of Azure is the number of data centers it has around the world. There are 42 Azure data centers spread around the globe, which is the highest number of data centers for any cloud platform. Also, Azure is planning to get 12 more data centers, which will increase the number of data centers to 54, shortly.
CSS
CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets with an emphasis placed on “Style.” While HTML is used to structure a web document (defining things like headlines and paragraphs, and allowing you to embed images, video, and other media), CSS comes through and specifies your document’s style—page layouts, colors, and fonts are all determined with CSS. Think of HTML as the foundation (every house has one), and CSS as the aesthetic choices (there’s a big difference between a Victorian mansion and a mid-century modern home).
CSS brings style to your web pages by interacting with HTML elements. Elements are the individual HTML components of a web page—for instance a paragraph—which in HTML might look like this:
<p>This is my paragraph!</p>
If you wanted to make this paragraph appear pink and bold to people viewing your web page through a web browser, you’d use CSS code that looks like this:
p { color:pink; font-weight:bold; }
In this case, “p” (the paragraph) is called the “selector”—it’s the part of CSS code specifying which HTML element the CSS styling will effect. In CSS, the selector is written to the left of the first curly bracket. The information between curly brackets is called a declaration, and it contains properties and values that are applied to the selector. Properties are things like font size, color, and margins, while values are the settings for those properties. In the example above, “color” and “font-weight” are both properties, and “pink” and “bold” are values. The full bracketed set of
{ color:pink; font-weight:bold; }
HTML
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the most basic building block of the Web. It defines the meaning and structure of web content. Other technologies besides HTML are generally used to describe a web page's appearance/presentation (CSS) or functionality/behavior (JavaScript).
"Hypertext" refers to links that connect web pages to one another, either within a single website or between websites. Links are a fundamental aspect of the Web. By uploading content to the Internet and linking it to pages created by other people, you become an active participant in the World Wide Web.
HTML uses "markup" to annotate text, images, and other content for display in a Web browser. HTML markup includes special "elements" such as <head>, <footer>, <article>, <section>, <p>, <div>, <span>, <img>, <aside>, <audio>, <canvas>, <datalist>, <details>, <embed>, <nav>, <output>, <progress>, <video>, <ul>, <ol>, <li> and many others.
An HTML element is set off from other text in a document by "tags", which consist of the element name surrounded by "<" and ">". The name of an element inside a tag is case insensitive. That is, it can be written in uppercase, lowercase, or a mixture. For example, the <title> tag can be written as <Title>, <TITLE>, or in any other way. However, the convention and recommended practice is to write tags in lowercase.
.NET C#
.NET is an open-source and cross-platform development platform for building many types of applications. Designed by Microsoft, the platform supports multiple programming languages and libraries to build web, mobile, desktop, IoT applications, and more.
Even if C# is considered the main programming language for .NET, you can use many other different languages of your choice. The languages directly supported by Microsoft are:
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C# (C sharp): A modern object-oriented programming language that belongs to the C language family. Its syntax may look familiar to C, C++, Java, and JavaScript developers.
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F# (F sharp): A functional-oriented programming language, member of the ML language family. It also supports the object-oriented programming paradigm.
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Visual Basic: The historical Microsoft programming language. It has become a full object-oriented programming language within the context of .NET.
.NET supports the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), so your source code is compiled into a Common Intermediate Language (CIL), independently of the programming language you use. This guarantees great interoperability between languages in the platform.
Umbraco CMS (Content Management System)
It’s hard to argue that WordPress is the most popular content management system (CMS), and it’s easy to see why. PHP is one of the most widely used programming languages on the Internet, and because of this, most websites are built with WordPress.
However, WordPress isn’t the only CMS in town. There are a growing number of options available, and this is where Umbraco CMS steps in. This post will explore a more advanced Content Management System (CMS) called „Umbraco CMS” that goes beyond WordPress and other simple solutions.
Umbraco is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) that allows you to build beautiful, responsive websites and data-driven apps which can be accessed from any device or browser.
Umbraco has been around for a long time – was initially released in 2004 as a community-driven project, and since then it has grown into the leading .NET CMS framework in today’s market. After years of code improvements – Umbraco has become a mature CMS with a vibrant community of developers and designers.
Umbraco is built over Microsoft’s .NET Framework, so you probably won’t be surprised if I tell you that Microsoft uses it to manage their websites. Besides Microsoft, Umbraco is also utilized by big businesses, including Sony, Avon, Warner Brothers, Peugeot, and Vogue, to name a few. These companies have consciously chosen to work with this CMS.
The client market is expanding over time – Umbraco CMS is becoming more and more popular. According to the official Umbraco website, since its initial release, the platform has had over 731,000 active installations. Okay, let’s be honest, maybe it’s not on the same level of popularity as WordPress, but Umbraco is unquestionably more flexible, scalable, and secure.
Umbraco can be a good choice for:
- Enterprise portal that serves as an intranet for employees and partners.
- A corporate website with information about the company’s portfolio, products.
- An online store for selling sports equipment, clothes, books, etc.
- Huge websites will a lot of content pages (articles, news. etc) and files.
- A local community web portal.
- A personal site or blog.
- Data-driven CMS to expose content to multiple apps, devices.
- Any web solution with lots of integration.
Umbraco is perfect for marketing agencies who want to work with small businesses or enterprises looking for a scalable framework to manage their content. Users can manage their website directly, which helps improve the overall customer experience and makes it easier to stay up-to-date with any changes.