Chapter 9. Decoding technobabble
In this chapter
- Moving data from the web to your desktop
- Understanding how web pages are built
- Understanding Web 2.0, AJAX, and other buzzwords
Web developers are precise people. They have to be, to explain complex concepts in a clear way to other developers. Inaccuracy and oversimplification cause mistakes and confusion.
Web developers are going to hate this chapter.
The problem is that they have developed their own vocabulary to explain these complex technologies and concepts. AJAX, web services, XML, schemas, domains, client side, MYSQL... the list of terms goes on. Although these terms are meaningful to web developers, they sound like technobabble to everybody else.
Web developers will hate this chapter because I oversimplify things to make them intelligible. As a result, some of what I explain will be only part of a larger picture. But it’s more important to grasp the concepts than it is to understand the specifics. It’s this compromise that many web developers fail to make.