Internet and Web Technology (CS-504 (A)) - Important Questions

Discuss the principles of effective, user-friendly web design and best practices including user-centric navigation.

Explain the steps involved in website planning, sitemap creation and publishing a website.

Explain Web 2.0 features and their impact on modern websites and web development.

Differentiate between HTML and XHTML with suitable examples.

Explain the basic structure of an HTML document with an example. Discuss important HTML tags for text formatting, hyperlinks, images, tables and forms.

Explain and demonstrate the different types of lists in HTML - ordered, unordered and definition lists - with suitable example programs.

Explain the key concepts of CSS and how CSS properties are used to style and format content with examples.

What is DOM? Explain its usage/role with HTML/DHTML with an example.

Explain DOM event handling in JavaScript with examples, including creating a context menu.

Explain transformation of XML using XSL/XSLT with an example script.

What is XML, how does it differ from HTML, and what is the basic structure of an XML document?

Explain the concept of Object-Oriented Programming in PHP including principles like encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism.

Explain form handling with GET and POST methods in PHP and differences between them.

How to establish/connect PHP to a MySQL database server with example code / connectivity program.

Explain the role of phpMyAdmin and handling database bugs/errors.

Explain the steps to execute SQL queries in PHP for retrieving, inserting, updating and deleting data from a MySQL database with examples.