17 QS

Standalone Applications and Web.

1. Are both using the same technology?

Yes in some extent..depends on the objective or purpose of the applications. As for example in the stage of design process and the choice of material, they could use the same technology such as Flash, Dreamweaver etc. as a tool to create the content.
The obvious different is that the web application can be accessed though internet. In the other hand, standalone application can work offline i.e. does not necessarily require network connection to function.

2. What are the differences?

A web application is an application that is accessed over a network such as the internet or an intranet. The term may also mean a computer software application that is hosted in a browser-controlled environment (e.g. a Java applet) or coded in a browser-supported language (such as JavaScript, combined with a browser-rendered markup like HTML) and reliant on a common web browser to render the application executable.

Standalone applications stands on its own without requiring a connection to a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN).

3. When is the appropriate time to develop standalone applications or web-based application?

Web based application is develop when the internet connection is easily accessible among the targeted user or community while the standalone application is developed when the objective of the software does not require additional internet links and have sufficient content to work offline (suitable to be use without internet connections).

4. Which one you prefer?

Standalone application is restricted to certain resource only. I prefer web applications because it provide broader source for the user to explore.

Courseware

1. What is an educational courseware?

Courseware is a term that combines the words 'course' with 'software'. Its meaning originally was used to describe additional educational material intended as kits for teachers or trainers or as tutorials for students, usually packaged for use with a computer. The term's meaning and usage has expanded and can refer to the entire course and any additional material when used in reference an online or 'computer formatted' classroom. Many companies are using the term to describe the entire "package" consisting of one 'class' or 'course' bundled together with the various lessons, tests, and other material needed. The courseware itself can be in different formats, some are only available online such as html pages, while others can be downloaded in pdf files or other types of document files. Many forms of e-learning are now being blended with term courseware. Most leading educational companies solicit or include courseware with their training packages.

2. What are multimedia elements that can be integrated into a courseware?

Multimedia element such as text, graphics, audio, video and streaming links can be integrated to develop an educational software.


3. How to distribute a standalone multimedia courseware?

Standalone multimedia courseware can be distributed by using CD-rom or DVD


Web

1. What is a webpage, website, portal?

Webpage : A document connected to the World Wide Web and view able by anyone connected to the internet who has a web browser

Website : A computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web

Portal : A web portal or links page is a web site that functions as a point of access to information on the World Wide Web

2. What are multimedia elements that can be integrated into a webpage?

Multimedia element such as text, graphics, audio and video can be integrated into web page

3. How to integrate graphics into a webpage?

Integrate graphic into webpage by using authoring software such as Dreamweaver to insert desired graphics.

4. What are the graphics file extensions that can be accepted in WWW medium?

The PNG, JPEG and GIF format are often used in WWW medium

5. How to integrate audios videos into a webpage and what are the file extensions?

By using authoring software like Dreamweaver. The common file extension are .avi, .flv, .mov and .swf

6. How to integrate animations into a webpage and what are the file extensions?

By using authoring software like Dreamweaver. The common ffile extension are .fla, .gif and .swf

7. What are the software that can be used to develop a webpage?

Software such as Adobe Dreamweaver, HTML editor, Flash and Photoshop can be used to develop webpage

8. How to make your webpage interactive?


Make webpage interactive by putting the element of interaction between user and the webpage. The webpage
not just include text, but have a balance between other multimedia element such as graphic, video, audio or animation (where necessary).

9. What are the skills that you have to learn to make your webpage interactive?

Skill to integrate all the multimedia elements into an interactive webpage


10. What are ASP, JSP, Cold Fusion, PHP etc?

ASP - Active Server Pages commonly known, is Microsoft’s first server side scripting engine that enables you to make dynamic and interactive web pages


JSP - JavaServer Pages (JSP) is a Java technology that helps software developers serve dynamically generated web pages based on HTML, XML, or other document types


PHP - Hypertext Preprocessor is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages..

Cold Fusion - is a programming language based on standard HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) that is used to write dynamic webpages