SE 3901 Midterm 2 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

CSE 3901: Midterm 2 QUESTIONS
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What is static site generation? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Using a
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program to produce HTML pages |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




(kind of like compiling programs)
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Middleman


what are the source files used in SSG? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔.md
.erb
.scss


What is Middleman? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A ruby Gem
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the project is its own directory
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lots of subdirectories for css, images, etc
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Compile the source files like a program
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can then copy to any location
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What are the three benefits of using a program for Static Site
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Generation? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. Code reuse and single
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point of control (visual identity)
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,2. Authoring of content in a language that is more human-
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friendly (improved syntax) |\ |\




3. Parameterized generation of markup and content (content
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generation)


Describe Visual Identity (code reuse/single POC) Motivation -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Having common headers and footers
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and making the whole website have a base design for every page
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-duplicated code ruins single POC |\ |\ |\ |\




-Solution: putting common HTML in one file (a partial) and every
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page includes it |\ |\




What is ERb? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Embedded Ruby
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-things like <% code %> <%= expr %> and <%# text %>
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How to generate a site - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔save source files
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as html.erb
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>> bundle exec middleman build
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this then makes them .html
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what is a partial - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a document fragment
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included in other documents |\ |\ |\




-include in template as <%= partial "navigation" %>
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what is special about naming a partial? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔they always start with _ and end in .erb still (no html)
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, How to customize arguments with a partial - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔in the normal page when you call the partial:
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<%= partial "banner", :locals => { :name => "Syllabus",
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:amount => 34 } %>
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in the partial file:
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<h3> ,%= name %> </h3> |\ |\ |\ |\




<p> Costs <%= "$#{amount}.00" %></p>
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What is Layout - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔It is a file that can make
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a consistent structure across every page in a website
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How do you label where there's page specific stuff in Layout.erb?
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔<%= yield =>
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How do you fix the issue of using a layout when each page needs
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a diff <title>? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ruby variable
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current_page
ie: current_page.path
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So in the actual page file you put:
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<title><%= current_page.data.title %> </title> |\ |\ |\




and in the layout.erb:
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title: "Contact Info" |\ |\