Building a web application can be a daunting task for those with little or no development experience. Where do you start? What do you learn first? What language should you use? These are all questions facing non-technical entrepreneurs seeking to start learning how to code in order to put their ideas into practice. Participants will learn: - What a typical web application architecture looks like - Where to start if you are trying to self-learn web development - Why you don’t need to know how to code before starting a web application company - Where all the buzz words fit in the bigger picture

1. Web Architecture for Dummies (And
Non-Techie Entrepreneurs)
Jay Patel

2. The Client Server Model
Client
Service Requester
Server
Service Provider
Request
Response

3. Real Life Client Server Model

4. Real Life Client Server Model
Counter
(Place
Order)
Cook
(Prepare
Order)
Fridge
(Raw
Materials)
Customers (Clients)
McDonalds (Server)

5. Client Server Model for the Web
Client
Service Requester
Server
Service Provider
Request
Response

6. Client Server Model for the Web
Client
(Browser)
Request (via HTTP)
Web
Server
Logic
Response (via HTTP)
Database
Req
Res
HTML
CSS
JS

7. Common Questions
● What is a Framework? What is a Library?
● Why are there so many technologies?
● How do I choose a technology to use?

8. Where to Start?
1. Wireframe + Data Model
2. HTML, CSS, JS
3. Back-end Framework

9. Q & A