Getting Started
Explore the fundamental components required to launch a website. Understand the role of domain names, including their structure and pricing, the function of DNS in linking URLs to IP addresses, and the importance of web hosting as the physical storage for your website's files. This lesson prepares you to move from local testing to live deployment by clarifying these key concepts.
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As mentioned in the previous lesson, all a website need is a Domain name, DNS, and a web hosting service to appear online. In this section, we will discuss all three elements briefly and see what makes them so important.
Domain Name:
A domain name is a unique address (URL) which the user would type to visit your website. The reason we use domain names instead of IP addresses is that names are easier to remember than a long string of numbers. Imagine how difficult it would be to remember the addresses of all the websites that you use.
A URL basically consists of these four ...