Back here in the cave where IT dwells, we are always ready for ‘the others’ to come in from ‘out there’ with some new shiny toy they need us to create. The most recent of which just so happened to fit perfectly into my personal Website Development Lesson Plan. They needed a simple three-page site, with static easy to edit maps. Here is the result.
What I learned:
- First and foremost I learned to respect the word Cascading in the name Cascading Style Sheet. It’s easy to go into the CSS file and see each element individually. Tweak it to be exactly how you imagine it and move on. Fortunately, it doesn’t work this way. The reason that this is fortunate is because it forces developers with a design background (like myself) to see the webpage as a whole. These are not just layers that have no connection, rather every action on one element creates a reaction on another.
- Standards, standards, standards! Much like my past in my standards of men, my initial reaction is to compromise code. This is no bueno! On my HTML page I want info, and on CSS…style. End of story.
- If a project is simple, keep it simple.
Overall this was a super easy project, and perfect for getting my toes wet. I am ready for bigger and better projects to come.
Here are my current ratings based on w3 schools and personal <1-10:
| w3school | Personal | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML | 70% | 5 |
| CSS | 85% | 5 |
This is a 10% gain in HTML and 15% in CSS from 7/17/2011.
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