I am really enjoying this course. I learned how to do very basic html tags when the Internet was new but never really used it and had no idea what css was other than it determined the look of the whole website. Now I feel that I have a much better understanding of the difference between html and css. The html markup describes the structure of the web page content, that is, headings, paragraphs, and other divisions and elements. The presentation of the content (fonts, placement of different elements, colors, etc.) is determined by the style sheet. This makes it easier to make changes because each page no longer has to be changed individually if the style changes; a new style sheet can be applied and the html for each page remains the same. I was fascinated by all of the different styles applied to the same html on the css zen garden site. I have also realized that I should have learned how to use the styles in Microsoft Word--I see now that I could have saved a lot of time and frustration.
I think the assignments have been challenging rather than difficult. I have enjoyed spending countless hours doing the exercises and trying to figure out what went wrong and why. Figuring out how to get files uploaded to the Cal Poly server and synchronizing the local and remote sites was probably the most difficult concept for me. I am still having trouble getting the book exercises to link properly. Once I figure it out (and why the lab links do work) I think that will turn out to be the most rewarding assignment.
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