Glossary

CMS

CMS means Content Management System. A Content Management System allows a user to authenticate to a website so he/she can create/edit/delete content.

Drupal

Drupal is free, open-source software that can be used by individuals or groups of users to easily create and manage many types of Web sites. The application includes a content management platform and a development framework.

MySQL

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system. It is based on the structured query language (SQL), which is used for adding, removing, and modifying information in the database. Standard SQL commands, such as ADD, DROP, INSERT, and UPDATE can be used with MySQL.

Agile Software Development

Agile software development refers to a group of software development methodologies based on iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing cross-functional teams.

Mobile Development

Mobile application development is the set of processes and procedures involved in writing software for small, wireless computing devices.

API

API stands for Application Programming Interface. It is a specific method prescribed by a computer operating system or by an application program by which a programmer writing an application program can make requests of the operating system or another application.

Django

A collection of libraries written in Python that provide a framework for building dynamic websites.

DevOps

DevOps combines the words “development” and “operations.” It encompasses developers and IT operations personnel within an organization. The goal of DevOps integration is to improve collaboration between development and operations teams.

HTML

HTML stands for “Hypertext Markup Language.” HTML is the language used to create webpages. “Hypertext” refers to the hyperlinks that an HTML page may contain. “Markup language” refers to the way tags are used to define the page layout and elements within the page.

CSS

CSS stands for “Cascading Style Sheet.” Cascading style sheets are used to format the layout of Web pages. They can be used to define text styles, table sizes, and other aspects of Web pages that previously could only be defined in a page’s HTML.