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Web design and development

3 dot points across 3 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do we analyse the requirements for a website and design its structure and pages?

Web analysis and design: identifying end-user and functional requirements, and designing the structure and page layouts of a website using a wireframe and a navigation structure.
An SQA National 5 Computing Science answer on web analysis and design, covering how to identify end-user and functional requirements for a website, how to design page layouts with a wireframe, and how to plan the navigation structure that links the pages together.
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How do HTML and CSS build the content and appearance of a web page?

HTML and CSS: building page content and hyperlinks with HTML elements, and controlling appearance with CSS using element, class and id selectors and common properties.
An SQA National 5 Computing Science answer on HTML and CSS, covering how HTML elements build the structure and content of a page including headings, paragraphs, images and hyperlinks, and how CSS controls appearance using element, class and id selectors with common properties such as colour, font and size.
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How does JavaScript add interactivity, and how are media files used on web pages?

JavaScript and media: adding interactivity with event-driven JavaScript (such as onmouseover, onmouseout and onclick), and using media files with appropriate standard file formats and compression, then testing and evaluating the website.
An SQA National 5 Computing Science answer on JavaScript and media, covering how event-driven JavaScript adds interactivity using events such as onmouseover, onmouseout and onclick, how media files (graphics, audio and video) use standard file formats and compression to manage file size, and how a website is tested and evaluated.
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