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Questions and Answers

Q1 Describe the difference between an XML Sitemap and a HTML Sitemap. List the benefits and disadvantages of using each.
A HTML sitemap is designed for human users, allowing them to navigate to different pages on the website more easily, whereas XML sitemaps are resigned for bots such as web crawlers, allowing them to more efficiently catalogue your site and make it more visible for outside sources such as search engine results. While both require a small amount of time investment, they both provide large advantages for their particular audience. ☐S ☐US
Q2 Evaluate three IDE’s (Integrated development environments) and provide a brief summary on the positive and negative aspects of each. Also, in your own words include how it would suit an entry level trainee code developer.
  1. VS Code - very flexible with wide support of different programming languages and operating systems, however comes with a lot of default settings that new users may find disruptive such as auto completing words, html tags, comments, quotes, and brackets.
  2. Xcode - designed for Apple platforms such as macOS, iOS, iPadOS and watchOS and includes extensive support for these platforms, however has limited scope outside the Apple ecosystem.
  3. Thonny - great for new python coders thanks to the simple interface and very solid debugging routine, however is only designed to support python and lacks some advanced or quality of life tools such as multi-cursor.
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Q3 Provide a brief history on web browser development and the issues encountered by web developers, specifically, the adherence to web standards.
The first web broswer, WorldWideWeb, was developed in 1990 by Tim Berners-Lee, the same man who would go on to found the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 1994. Without web standards, it is extremely difficult for websites and browsers to cooperate hence the creation of the standards organisation W3C. The W3C publishes web standards and protocols in order to promotes compatibility and allow different parts of the web to work together and understand each other. One primary example is HTML, the web markup language, and CSS, the style sheet language. ☐S ☐US
Q4 What are website testing methodologies? Your answer MUST cover browser compatibility, and website functionality.
In order to test a website thoroughly, developers must ensure that they function on a range of standard browsers. Website functionality can be tested through means such as the W3C Markup Validation Service, an online resource that parses HTML and returns a list of issues where the HTML does not conform to expected standards. Browser compatibility can be tested by opening the webpage in multiple browsers or using emulation tools such as Firefox DevTools to mimic another browser, as well as inspecting HTML elements and viewing CSS conditions. ☐S ☐US
Q5 What are the endorsed requirements of accessibility for all NT Government webpages?
The NT Government has endorsed the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Specifically, the government aims to meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA compliance. ☐S ☐US
Q6 How do you think it’s best to organise all the assets used for a specific webpage? Think locally on your computer AND within the root folder of the website.
Assets are best organised with HTML pages in the root folder and other resources in designated second-level folders e.g. [root folder]\[image folder]. This allows for easy sorting and navigation of resource types while allowing everything to continue to be easily available for use within the website. ☐S ☐US