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Unveiling the World of Web Development: A Comprehensive Overview and Essential Insights 🌐 - Part 2

Let's proceed with our exploration of the key concepts to grasp a thorough understanding of the web development process.


πŸ“Œ Hosting

Web hosting is an online service that lets you publish your website files online. So, anyone with access to the internet has access to your website.


⚑️ What Is Web Hosting? https://youtu.be/htbY9-yggB0

⚑️ Different Types of Web Hosting https://youtu.be/AXVZYzw8geg

⚑️ Where to Host a Fullstack Project on a Budget https://youtu.be/Kx_1NYYJS7Q



πŸ“Œ DNS

πŸ”° The Domain Name System (DNS) is the Internet's phonebook.

πŸ”° Humans access information online through domain names, such as nytimes.com or espn.com.

πŸ”° Web browsers interact through Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.

πŸ”° DNS translates domain names to IP addresses so browsers can load Internet resources.


⚑️ What is DNS? https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/dns/what-is-dns

⚑️ Mess with DNS - DNS Playground https://messwithdns.net

⚑️ How DNS works https://howdns.works

⚑️ DNS and How does it Work? https://youtu.be/Wj0od2ag5sk

⚑️ DNS Records https://youtu.be/7lxgpKh_fRY

⚑️ When to add glue records to DNS settings https://youtu.be/e48AyJOA9W8

⚑️ DNS Records for Newbies - How To Manage Website Records https://youtu.be/YV5tkQYcvfg



πŸ“Œ Browsers

A web browser is a software application that enables a user to access and display web pages or other online content through its graphical user interface.


⚑️ How Browsers Work https://web.dev/articles/howbrowserswork

⚑️ Role of Rendering Engine in Browsers https://www.browserstack.com/guide/browser-rendering-engine

⚑️ Populating the Page: How Browsers Work https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Performance/How_browsers_work

⚑️ How Do Web Browsers Work? https://youtu.be/WjDrMKZWCt0



⭐ During our discussion, we covered some of the crucial concepts in web development that are fundamental to understand, without going into details about any specific technology.

⭐ These core concepts will serve as a useful reference for everyone, whether you are new to this field or an experienced developer refining your skills, in navigating the constantly changing web environment.

I hope you found our discussion informative and enjoyable! 😊

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