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Frequently Asked Questions

Describe the difference between an XML Sitemap and a HTML Sitemap. List the benefits and disadvantages of using each.

The main difference between HTML and XML sitemap is that XML sitemap is more oriented to assist search crawlers in navigating your website while HTML sitemap guides users through your store pages (XML sitemap targets robots, HTML sitemaps for humans)

Benefits of HTML:

Benefits of XML:

Not much notable disadvantages between the two. Ultimately down to user preference as both are reliable

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.

Atom: Open source text editor. Atom has several features and is very customizable and supports many extensions. However, atom fails to provide support for several languages and apps experience most noteably FTP connections.

Visual Studio Code: Visal Studio Code is an open source IDE and completely free. it provides access to a variety of extensions and themes as well as plugins. although like sublime, it can be a barrier for novice programmers with little to know experience with the tool. It is known for slowing down and error sensitive with the program shutting down on some occasions.

Sublime: Sublime is a text editor that is very customizable with powerful search features. In addition it has a great user interface and personalisation features. Nonetheless it is a very complicated and not very friendly for entry level programmers and lacks support of several programming dialect

Provide a brief history on web browser development and the issues encountered by web developers, specifically, the adherence to web standards.

The World Wide Web was created in the 1990s by Tim Berners Lee and is notabely the first modern web browser. An issue experienecd by web developrs today is lack of consistency across developers due to a lack of standard method to adhere to when creating products.

What are website testing methodologies? Your answer MUST cover browser compatibility, and website functionality.

Website testing methodologies are methods in which confirmation of website functionality adheres to required standards. These methods allow developrs to pinpoint errors in code, making it easier to resolve issues. Methods range but standard procedure of website testing is ensuring compatibality across a range of browsers and devices, assisting in assessing the functionaloty of pages and website as a whole.

What are the endorsed requirements of accessibility for all NT Government webpages?

All content and websites must adhere to the WCAG 2.0 Level AA compliance and authorization goal of NTG.

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.

The ideal approach to organize all of the resources necessary to create a particular webpage is to create distinct folders when saving HTML pages, CSS, and images. Make sure to save each in a separate folder specifically for those three crucial elements.