Another Time, Another Place In Cyber Space

So, HTML & CSS has been put on the back burner for me. I wanted to be able to create something beautiful to provide information to people (a few different ideas on topics, but not sure which yet). I assumed I’d like HTML & CSS for this, to build website. But I actually decided I’d rather learn to make apps. And since I have an iPhone... and an iPad... and a MacBook, I figured it’d make the most sense to learn the programming language to use on all three.

Enter Swift, Apples programming language. Well I tried Apples two guides to getting started... and found myself frustrated. Both used terminology that was far too advanced... I took three years of programming in high school, so I had a vague concept of what they were, but truthfully, it’s been so long (4-5 years) since I used them that I forgot most of it.

So I thought I’d look for books and apps... and found Swifty. It’s a nice iPad & iPhone app that teaches you the basics in a very easy environment, and is easy to learn without a MacBook and access to Xcode. Each chapter deals with a different topic in the language, giving you easy and plain-english-based tutorials that help you understand the concept without any programming knowledge. The first chapter is free, but each one after that costs a small amount of money (or you can get a fantastic deal if you buy all of them at once).

So some of my coworkers asked how I learned basic HTML so quickly (essentially overnight because I put so much effort into it). I definitely recommend the book I read, which is called “HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites”, written by Jon Duckett. I received it as a gift from my family one year... and it sat. For three years until I got so pissed off at work that I came home and said ‘Screw this, I want to learn HTML so I can get a better job’

I’ll be honest; does it contain a larger quantity of or more useful information than another book? No clue. What it did well for me was look nice and be simple and straight forward while using good design to draw attention to the right things and separate types of information... EXACTLY LIKE A WEB PAGE SHOULD!!! MIND = BLOWN! KA-POW!