Hypermedia Controls
Hypermedia as the engine of application state
Unit: Application Architecture
Web application architecture connects the front-end (web browser) to the back-end (web server) via HTTP.
Each HTTP request issued by the front-end must be handled, according to the application logic, by the back-end.
In this module, we will break these requests into two types.
- GET requests will generate HTML pages within your application
- POST requests will trigger state changes on the back-end
GET requests are familiar from static HTML pages and can be triggered by adding hyperlinks. POST requests send data to the back-end and require HTML forms.
In this unit
Routing and the MVC Pattern
Server architecture
Formatting Contexts
Flexbox and grid layouts
Flexbox
The flexible box or flexbox layout provides a simple way to organise elements into rows or columns within a parent element.
Grid Layouts
The CSS grid layout system is an extremely powerful and flexible way to create beautiful and unique layouts.