Web Development flash cards: Journeyman level
32 Web Development terms at the Journeyman level, as flash cards.
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- 409 Conflict
- The request clashes with the current state, like a duplicate.
- 422 Unprocessable Content
- Well-formed data whose values break the rules.
- 429 Too Many Requests
- You sent too many requests; wait and try again.
- aria-hidden
- An ARIA attribute that removes an element and its descendants from the accessibility tree when true.
- aria-label
- An ARIA attribute that supplies an accessible name as a text value.
- aria-labelledby
- An ARIA attribute that uses other elements' text to form an accessible name.
- Art direction
- Providing differently composed or cropped images for different presentation conditions.
- Authentication
- Proving who you are.
- Authorization
- Deciding what an identified user is allowed to do.
- Breakpoint
- A screen width where the layout changes.
- Canonical link
- A link identifying the preferred URL for content available through multiple URLs.
- Character encoding declaration
- Markup near the start of a document that declares its text encoding as UTF-8.
- Cookie
- Small data the browser stores and sends back to the same site on every request.
- CORS
- Server rules that tell browsers which other sites may call it.
- Document language
- The primary human language of a document or element's text.
- Favicon
- An icon associated with a website or page for browser tabs, bookmarks, and similar interfaces.
- JWT
- A signed token carrying who the user is and when it expires.
- Lazy loading
- Delaying an off-screen resource until it is likely to be needed.
- Location Header
- A header pointing to a new resource or a redirect target.
- Media query
- Applies CSS only when a condition is true, like a minimum screen width.
- Meta description
- A short document summary supplied as metadata, often used by search and sharing tools.
- Mobile-first design
- Phone layout first, then media queries for bigger screens.
- noopener
- A link relationship that prevents a newly opened page from receiving an opener reference.
- noreferrer
- A link relationship that omits referrer information and also prevents an opener relationship.
- prefers-color-scheme
- Checks whether the user prefers a light or dark theme.
- prefers-reduced-motion
- Checks whether the user asked for less animation.
- Responsive design
- One page that adapts its layout to any screen size.
- Responsive image
- An image setup that lets the browser select a suitable resource for the display and layout.
- Safe Method
- A method that only reads and never changes data, like GET.
- tabindex
- A global attribute that controls whether and where an element participates in sequential focus navigation.
- Text direction
- The direction in which text and inline content progress.
- Viewport metadata
- Metadata that guides how a page's viewport is sized and scaled on mobile devices.