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Top 10 Programming Concepts for Librarians
Ryan Deschamps at The Other Librarian provides a straightforward summary of of key programming terms and technologies for library folk in his Under the Hood of Web 2.0 : the top ten programming concepts for librarians to understand.
Ryan breaks it down for non-developers with an “in a nutshell” description of concepts, a section on “why it matters” and suggestions about “How you can learn more (besides Wikipedia)?”. The top 10 programming concepts covered include:
- Object-oriented Programming (OOP)
- Client-side scripting (AJAX)
- Relational Database
- Server-side scripting (PHP, Perl, Java, Ruby etc.)
- Http Protocol
- Open Source Software (OSS)
- The Document Object Model (DOM)
- Encryption and Digital Rights Management (DRM)
- Platforms
- Stylesheets (CSS & XSLT)
