HTML/CSS
Module 1 Overview
In module one, I was introduced to HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). These programming languages set the foundation for all websites. The tutorials from Codecademy and W3Schools guided me in understanding the structure and elements of the two languages. The tutorials also taught me how to use both HTML and CSS together to create a more dynamic and aesthetically appealing website. HTML controls the actual content of the page and CSS controls the visual aspect of it. There were a total of four assignments which included tutorials and readings regarding the history of the Internet.
Learning Narrative
The first week of the CIS 2336 course introduced the class outline, Hostgator's cPanel, HTML/CSS, and Codecademy. The HTML/CSS tutorial from Codecademy was very informative and benefical to my learning style. The outline of the tutorial helped me thoroughly understand HTML and CSS as I went along through the steps and examples. I am a visual learner, the interactive codecademy tutorial provided a great way for me to follow along and see what mistakes I may have made. This module was important because it set the foundation of the class as we used HTML and CSS throughout the whole semester. Below are my best assignments from module one.
Selected Assignments
In this HTML tutorial from Codeacademy, I created a personal webpage with images and lists of my interests using HTML. I learned how to align texts, style texts, link images, and create ordered and unordered lists within the webpage. This HTML tutorial taught me the basis of how an html webpage works and how much you can do to personalize it to your preference.
In this HTML tutorial from Codeacademy, I created a table that contained images of 8/16 bit characters from the web using HTML. I learned how to create tables, insert images into tables, and link each image to a different website. This HTML tutorial is vital in teaching me how images can be linked to websites and how every website on the internet uses this method in some way.
In this CSS tutorial from Codeacademy, I created a more organized webpage and a personal resume using HTML and CSS. I learned how to style webpages through CSS versus within HTML. This kept the coding more organized and easier to style instead of repeatedly styling in HTML. I was able to style mutlple things with one code in CSS which used less codes. This CSS tutorial taught me how websites control where elements went and how they are able to set and personalize their page with CSS.
