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Introductuin To App Development

The document defines key terms related to application development including frameworks like AngularJS and React, concepts like APIs, dynamic and static content, and tools like build automation, version control, and package managers.

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Introductuin To App Development

The document defines key terms related to application development including frameworks like AngularJS and React, concepts like APIs, dynamic and static content, and tools like build automation, version control, and package managers.

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Module 1 Glossary: Introduction to Application Development


Term Definition
AngularJS An open-source JavaScript framework for dynamic web applications
Application
Programming Code that allows two software programs to communicate with each other.
Interface (API)
Allow you to download dependencies, compile code, package binary code, run
Build Automation
tests, deploy to production.
Build Automation
Execute build-automation utilities on a scheduled or triggered basis.
Servers
Build Automation
Generate executables by compiling and linking code.
Utilities
Continuous
A method for releasing code and integrating it into code that has already been
Integration/**
developed in order to prevent the application from breaking throughout the app’s
Continuous
lifecycle.
Deployment (CI/CD)**
Django A framework for Python web development.
Dynamic Content Data that is created each time a request is sent to a server.
Endpoint The point at which an API connects with the software program.
Provide a standard way to build an application. Frameworks dictate architecture and
Frameworks
program flow.
IDE “Integrated Development Environment” Helps create and manage code.
A predefined workflow where the developer is not in full control of how the
Inversion of Control
application operates.
JavaScript
An application framework written in JavaScript to create responsive sites.
Framework
LESS “Learner Style Sheets” add more style and functions to CSS.
less.js A JavaScript tool that converts LESS styles to CSS.
Libraries Reusable collections of code
Opinionated Frameworks that have a lot of control are sometimes considered “opinionated”.
Coordinate with file archivers to extract packages. Verify check sums and digital
certificates. Locate, download, and install updates of existing software from a
repository as well as manage dependencies. Common package managers include the
Package Managers
following: Debian Package Management System (DPMS), Red Hat Package
Manager for Linux, Chocolatery for Windows, Homebrew and MacPorts for
MacOS.
Packages Archive files that include app files, instructions for installation, and metadata.
A JavaScript framework developed by Facebook that helps build and drop elements
React.js
onto a page.
Design technique that automatically resizes a display to adapt to a specific screen
Responsive Design
size.
Allows front-end client to plug into correct socket on the backend. They are the
Route paths that network traffic takes from a virtual machine (VM) instance to other
destinations.
SASS “Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets” are an extension of CSS.
Static Content A display of data that has been previously stored on a server.

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Term Definition
Allows you to revert to earlier versions of code, resolves conflicts between the
Version Control
same files, and split and merge different code branches.
A community-based JavaScript framework focused on UI. Includes UI components
Vue.js
such as buttons and other visual elements, and is both a library and a framework.

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Date Version Changed by Change Description
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