Aug 24, 2016
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HackerYou Web Development: Class 1
Yesterday I started an Intro to Web Development course at HackerYou. I have been looking forward to this for weeks and was not disappointed. While the first class was pretty basic and mostly spent going over the general concepts of HTML (which I was already familiar with), it was necessary to get everyone on the same page. Even still, it wasnāt boring! Our instructor, Anne Thomas, is pretty funny and was engaging and fun to listen to. Iām already looking forward to the next class.
A few random notes on things we learned/discussed I want to remember:
Weāre going to be using Sublime Text 3 as our text editor. I thought we might be using Atom as thatās what we used at a Ladies Learning Code workshop I went to. Iām excited to play around with them both as we progress.
My mind was blown by the fact that Cmd + Tab will let you cycle through the open apps on your computer. I had no idea I could do this!
I had a lot of fun going through the available HTML tags. I knew some of them but its fun to discover new ones, like <q> and <video>. I canāt wait to learn to use more!
We discussed the virtues of using <em> vs. <i> and <strong> vs. <b>, and briefly looked over this article. I already know quite a bit about this from developing accessible ebooks, but it is a really important conversation to have. I didnāt really know that we shouldnāt use <br>, <center> and other tags that affect the presentation of the text in HTML, though it makes complete sense.
Anne mentioned Wes Bosā book Sublime Text Power User ($36 or $45 depending on format), which I would really like to check out at some point.
How to install a package in Sublime: Cmd + Shift + P, typeĀ āinstallā and enterĀ āInstall Package.ā
When you are nesting tags within each other, you must always close them in the reverse order that you opened them. Failing to do so will cause your HTML be to invalid and your page will break.
For accessibility reasons, itās very important to create semantic, clean and valid markup before doing anything else.
Basic HTML structure (shortcut: ! + Tab):
<!DOCTYPE html>Ā - Defines the version of HTML. With HTML5, we use this shortened version.
<html></html> - Surrounding element of webpage; all HTML elements and content go within.
<head></head> - Provide information about the webpage to the browser. None of the content that actually appears on the webpage goes here.
<title></title> - Defines a title that will appear in the browser tab.
<body></body> - All content that appears in the browser is written here; typographical content and structural elements go within.
A key concept:Ā Separation of Content and Style
And thatās it! We ended with some exercises Iād like to play around with a little more before class tomorrow, but Iām not sure thatās going to happen. Iām already thinking about what kinds of sites Iād like to do for my projects and I am so excited to get started.
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Last night was our first class of HackerYou Web Development and it didnāt disappoint. The teachers are awesome and Heather, the founder even came by to wish us well.Ā
We bonded with classmates over our new found love of Emmet, nesting and our diverse backgrounds.Ā
Weāve been sprucing up outside and had a new banner designed by our friends at Studio FunctionĀ to go along with our new front door signage. We love it.Ā
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ALEX DAVEY CODES
Hello yāalls.
I use this tumblr primarily to show off what I am currently working on, which for the past few years has been drawing drawing drawing. What you may not know is that I have recently (as of May 4 2015 to be exact) started taking part-time HTML and CSS classes at HackerYouĀ . My friend Emilia had taken the full-time Boot Camp and had amazing results in her professional career- something that I was not feeling comfortable with myself.Ā
I met up with Heather Payne, HackerYouās CEO and we discussed my options. Should I drop everything and start the Boot Camp? Did I want to try evening classes so I could keep my comfy day-job? I started part-time classes within two months and LOVED IT. Half way through the course, it dawned on me that the summer Boot Camp was approaching and that- if I wanted to, I could drop out of part-time and begin full-time. Cut to 1 week of coding every night after my 9-6 job until 1:00 a.m. to finish the pre-course work. I gave my notice, said my good-byes to my friends at work (BYE TANTRUMITES!) and here I am, a full-time hacking student.
The first week at the HackerYou BootCamp definitely resembles Summer Camp. They have a strong focus on team building and using each other as resources and help. Using games and challenges, they encourage communication and teamwork within our pre-arranged groups. Thanks to my other three members (Vesna, Tim, and Adeel) we have won 2/2 challenges so far! Also, Christopher is the best Camp Counsellor Iāve ever had.
Itās important to know that we can rely on each other to help with our own personal challenges and code. THREE CHEERS FOR SLACK!
As of right now, our first weekās assignment was to create a 1-page site. I have been re-working my own personal website and trying to create a more simple, easy to navigate site.
This summer will be all .divs, .spans, and h1ā²s (but only one h1... oh god what a crumby joke) so the cat and dog paintings may be put on hold.
If you are interested about reading more visit my medium page that will update every week! ReadĀ hereĀ :)
xoxo
Alex
Construction update: scaffolding is off and things are happening inside #HackerTwo!Ā