The most interesting topic from this week was from Codecademy on Intro to HTML and CSS. I learned so much about tag pairs (opening and closing), how to develop the bare bones of a website and how to use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to change how the website looks. I also learned that an element is the content inside the opening and closing pairs.
I especially appreciated how well-structured Codecademy was for overall learning and noticed that it had Ai tutors, hints and video examples that I could utilize to better support my understanding, while learning at my own pace. I noticed that the names for certain things were pretty intuitive like div for divide, or how the footer of website is at the bottom, which makes sense because the feet on a body are located on the bottom of a body.
In addition, the design principles I learned from previous lectures taught by our two instructors tied in nicely to what I was learning in Codeacademy (ex. HEX for font name) which made me feel more encouraged and confident in what I was doing.
Something I found challenging about learning HTML and CSS was knowing where to place to code. There were times when I would place it outside of the opening and closing pairs or in the wrong spot. I learned that it’s important to follow exactly what it says, take a deep breath and focus only this simple rule: follow the logically-written instructions that are written on the page.
To add code, first you need to identify and locate the opening and closing tags in html. Then you copy and paste the code you’re instructed to add inbetween the tag pairs. Finally, you run the code to see if it worked (sometimes you see a change, sometimes you don’t, depending on what you added).
