So I’ve been steadily learning and have settled on a few projects to sink my teeth into.
First page is a personal webpage, to showcase talents, and to give myself an online presence for works completed.
Second is a display of my latest family holiday trip to Dubbo Zoo.
Both will feature a fairly plain design, and I’ll try to use all Ive learnt so car in the HTML/CSS world, including a bit of bootstrap or WordPress.
Ok, so course number 1 down through Codecademy: Learn HTML & CSS: Part 1.
I found the learning method quite good, and grasped most concepts. I need work on the Organisation of HTML & CSS, the CSS Box Model and CSS Positioning. I’ll go over these points in a more controlled environment when I get time with no distractions from the outside world.
I’ve started creating a mock website for my son’s new metal band: SKULLCRUSHER, and will use that as my guinea pig for all things HTML and CSS. Once I can get it hosted I’ll keep it up online somewhere. Note: He’s 9, it’s not a real band.
Time to start work on W3Schools HTML and CSS course content…
I’ve been dabbling for the last couple of weeks but I’ll bundle it all in with Day 1 in what was a pretty productive day.
I started by setting out a few goals for this project:
So, over the last few weeks I have learnt some basic HTML syntax and use, and expanded on this today by delving into CSS. Having only ever used HTML to colour headings and paragraphs in the past, this was a major revelation!
I’ve also begun work on the template I want for work. I’ve created the basic structure in HTML by creating a form with several different input types, and have begun work on a CSS file to include. At this stage, I have only added font, size and text colour changes. I’ll try to upload a version of it (with certain stuff blanked out) to give an idea of what I’m working on, as I’m working on it.
For now, I’ll continue to work on my CSS skills and will upload something tonight!
Right, so I should start by saying that I’m not an absolute complete beginner, but it’s been 15 years since I did anything on Geocities so I I’ll run with beginner.
I have a burning need to learn something new, and also have a need to develop a web app (probably not the right word) that enables people to fill out a form, which in turn creates a template, to use in the day to day duties of the team I work in.
There’s a few barriers for me to cross with this.
Given the above points. I’ll be using HTML, CSS and Javacript to do what I need to do, and I’ll use this blog to share the way in which I do it, and to keep a record for myself on how it all goes.
Once I’ve completed this project, I’d love to see where I can go next with web development, but might delve into something like Python if it looks like a viable option to me.
Learning to code as a complete beginner. 