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In this module you will learn HTML, CSS and GitHub. HTML is the language in which you define the structure of the content of your pages (e.g. headings, paragraphs, links and images). CSS is used to write down how everything should look (e.g. font sizes, colors and positions). While learning the basics of these two languages, you will also get familiar with text editors and the developer tools of your browser.
GitHub is how you will store, share, and collaborate on all of your homeworks and projects at HYF and beyond. You will be spending a lot of time in class practicing using GitHub, especially in this first module.
We will focus on responsive web development : you will learn how to make your website adapt to the size of the screen, using the mobile first approach. As well as the accessibility part of it, by adpoting ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) as part of our dicipline. ARIA defines ways to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. Last but not least we will spend time practicing some soft skills that are important for becoming a good developer. These include: giving feedback to your colleagues, presenting and explaining your work, and finding documentation on the web.
By the end of this module you should be able to:
- Build basic responsive web pages locally and deploy them to GitHub pages for live hosting
- Break down basic web pages into small pieces and plan an incremental development strategy (ie. make things in little steps)
- Fork a repository with an HTML & CSS web page, contribute to the code, and send a PR with your changes
Since this is your first module, what can you expect the next three weeks?
| Week | Learning Objectives |
|---|---|
| 1. | - Cloning, Pushing & pulling - Pull Requests - HTML & CSS foundations - Incremental Development - Homework submission workflow |
| 2. | - Using the Developer Tools - Inspecting the DOM - Correctly applying CSS |
| 3. | - Master the first two week's objectives - what is the terminal? |
Please get yourself familiar with this module by navigating your way through the files in this wiki and the homework in the repository. Kind note: make sure to read assignment requirements properly for handing them in, in the end this saves both you and your teacher a lot of time. If you have any questions or something is not entirely clear ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, please ask/comment on Slack!
Development Workflow
- Cloning, pushing & pulling with a git client
- Forking & Pull Requests
- GitHub Issues
- Inspecting with the browser Developer Tools
- Planned and incremental development
- Navigation and simple changes from command line
HTML & CSS
- Basic understanding of HTML and CSS
- Basic understanding of Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)
- Know how to organize your files
- Know your way around your text editor
- Feel comfortable working with the inspector
- Properly indent your code
- Properly naming classes, id's
- Responsive, mobile first development
- Know good and bad practices when it comes to HTML
- Get an understanding of where to find information on the web
- Give receive/feedback from/on fellow students
- Presenting and explaining your work to others
