- Explanation

Static websites usually come with a fixed number of pages that have a specific layout. When the page runs on a browser, the content is literally static and doesn’t change in response to user actions. A static website is usually created with HTML and CSS

Compared to static websites, which are purely informational, a dynamic website is more functional. It allows users to interact with the information that is listed on the page. Of course, that requires utilizing more than just HTML code.

- Example

Examples the two different kind of websites

Static: https://www.atlassian.com/time-wasting-at-work-infographic

Dynamic: https://www.facebook.com/

-Exercise

Discuss in class which claim belongs to wich type of website:

Content of Web pages can not be change at runtime.

Server side languages such as PHP, Node.js are used.

Content of Web pages can be changed.

No interation with database possible.

Interaction with database is possible

It is faster to load as compared to the other typ of website.

It is slower then staic website.

Cheaper Development costs.

Content may change everytime the page is loaded.

Feature of Content Management System.

HTML, CSS, Javascript is used for developing the website.

Same content is delivered everytime the page is loaded.

-Essence

In the link is an article with (dis)advantages of both static and dynamic websites. https://www.spiderwriting.co.uk/static-dynamic.php

Static:

Advantage:

- Flexible

- Cheaper

Disadvantages:

- not updating content

- Scalability

Dynamic:

Advantage:

- Easy to pull in data on stuctured and organised way

- Content management system

Disadvantage:

- Design is more fixed, becasue the pages are more of a template

- Costs

- Explanation

HTML defines what the content is.

CSS defines the appearance of the page.

JavaScript defines behavior of the page.

- Example

An example about relationship between HTML, CSS and Javascript using a methaphor of building a city: https://blog.codeanalogies.com/2018/05/09/the-relationship-between-html-css-and-javascript-explained/

- Exercise

- Essence

Up until now at HackYourFuture, we have been writing websites using HTML and CSS. Even though a website written with these two languages works just fine, it is only a static page. These static pages can interact with a visitor only through the use of forms. Once a form is filled out and submitted, a request is sent back to the server where a new static web page is constructed and eventually downloaded into the browser. The big disadavantage of web pages like this is that the only way that a visitor has of interacting with the page is by filling out the form and waiting for a new page to load. It doesn't exhibit any dynamic behaviour like:

reacting to user actions such as mouse click events or key presses.

rendering complex animations

sending requests over network to servers and fetching a response

And this is where JavaScript steps in.

- Explanation