The topic that I enjoyed doing the most was actually starting to set up the websites in visual studio code and getting a start on building a working webpage.
I don’t enjoy terminal at all; I find it extraordinarily confusing, and knowing how many levels or layers and remembering terms confuse me. I really hope to either get a lot more experience on this so I can make my mistakes and learn by doing.
Back to Visual Studio Code: the best assignment we’ve had so far was the snowman assignment – having to learn by doing was great, and literally the best way for me to learn. I’m pretty happy that the instructors are so patient, because some things still threw me for a loop, but it was an enjoyable experience. The time constraints made it a bit stressful, and to be honest I get overwhelmed and overstimulated when theres so many students talking at once, at various pitches and sound levels. We need to keep our sound on to hear if we are being called, but to always have someone chattering makes things a little difficult. I literally took the entire break to lie down on my couch with a cold compress on my head and some Vicks on my temples to get my mind right again before the second half of class.
Anyways, back to the snowman assignment. I loved that we were given a challenge, and got to attempt to recreate it on our own. I have been doing the code academy assignments, and am still finding myself confused as to when to add attributes and hrefs or additional tags etc etc, but to actually limp along and get the majority of the site right (with help from both Jalaya and Nancy), was pretty awesome. It was a simple little website, but dang did it feel good to complete it. I really can’t wait to see where my skills are at the end of the program.
To create a project in Visual Studio Code, you do the following:
1) Create a project folder and drag it into Visual Studio Code
2) Create your index.html file
3) Type html:5 in the bar, and the content of the site will auto populate for you. Html 5 is the most up to date.
4) Two finger click and open in live server.
5) Go to address bar, type Simple Browser, then enter whats in the address bar
6) Click on the double bar icon that sits next to the three dots, and drag the tab into the window.
7) Set your title and start creating.
What else did I learn? Hmmmm… I learned how to add a visible line break with the <hr> tag, and how to generate lorem in my paragraphs (<p>). I’m still confused with attributes as required info, and how to use which tag and when, but I’m getting there slowly but surely.
I really can’t wait to start WordPress though, and I’m super excited about learning how to continue bettering myself and gaining these skills to do things right.
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