Web Development Lexicon

• 2FA
• Automatic type conversion
• Boilerplate
• Closure
• CSS block / inline element
• CSS Image Sprites
• Default / Guard operator
• Demeter (Law of)
• Evergreen browser
• Falsy values - a-Number!)
• Fitts (law of)
• Flat design / skeuomorphism
• Forge
• Form factor
• Future proof - proofing is the process of anticipating the future and developing methods of minimizing the effects of shocks and stresses of future events.
• Graceful degradation / progressive enhancement
• Higher-order function
• Horizontal scaling
• Hoisting
• Holy Grail Layout - column web page layout. It is commonly desired and implemented, although the ways in which it can be implemented with current technologies all have drawbacks. (flexbox solution)
• HTML Sanitization - site scripting (XSS) attacks by sanitizing any HTML code submitted by a user.
• Iffy (IIFE)
• Imperative
• Interpolation (variable)
• KISS principle
• Media queries
• MFA - factor authentication
• Monkey patch
• Phoenix Server
• Polyfill
• Pure function / side effects
• Query string
• Recursion
• Responsive web design
• Scope (lexical and function)
• SEO
• Session hijacking
• Shadow DOM
• SOLID - closed, Liskov substitution, Interface segregation and Dependency inversion) is a mnemonic acronym that stands for five basic principles of object-oriented programming and design.
• SPA - page application
• Strict mode
• Toast notification - expiring windows of information to a user.
• Unobtrusive JavaScript
• Web bug aka Web beacon aka Pixel tracking - mail message to monitor user behavior.
• Web crawlers
• XHR
• YAGNI