Client-Side Scripting: Part 1

Question 1

Static Pages

Answer 1

Nothing alters the HTML code of the page while viewing it

Question 2

Dynamic Pages

Answer 2

User interaction can cause changes to the current page (often via JavaScript being executed)

Question 3

Two ways to add Dynamism

Answer 3

• Server-side scripting

- Client-side scripting

Question 4

Server-Side Scripting

Answer 4

Script executes on the server computer (i.e. someone else’s, like the host)
- Server computer is at risk

Question 5

Client-Side Scripting

Answer 5

Script executes on client-YOUR-machine

- Your machine is at risk

Question 6

DOM

Answer 6

Document Object Model

Question 7

What is DOM

Answer 7

How JavaScript intereacts with a webpage to make changes to its HTML code, often with “document” commands