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Notes from previous [[Frontend Web Development]] classes. | Notes from previous [[Frontend Web Development]] classes. | ||
==== Class for 2013-05-13: CSS positioning ==== | |||
In the last few classes, we focused on element measurements and floats. This time, we focused on positioning of elements: spacing them out from other elements using margins, and using absolute, relative, or fixed positioning to put the elements anywhere we want on the whole page. | |||
'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxROKEWIjB8 Lecture video]'''<br> | |||
'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class4/lecture.zip Lecture materials]''' | |||
==== Class for 2013-05-06: CSS floats ==== | ==== Class for 2013-05-06: CSS floats ==== | ||
Floating is the secret sauce behind creating websites with multiple columns, navigation menus, and basically any block element that's aligned to the left or right. We learned about floats by taking a look at some examples, then took a [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series2/class4/mockup.png mockup] and created a site from it. | Floating is the secret sauce behind creating websites with multiple columns, navigation menus, and basically any block element that's aligned to the left or right. We learned about floats by taking a look at some examples, then took a [http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series2/class4/mockup.png mockup] and created a site from it. | ||
'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j6oA4sS99U | '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j6oA4sS99U Lecture video]'''<br> | ||
'''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class3/lecture.zip Lecture materials]''' | '''[http://jeffreyatw.com/static/frontend/series4/class3/lecture.zip Lecture materials]''' | ||
Revision as of 21:35, 14 May 2013
Notes from previous Frontend Web Development classes.
Class for 2013-05-13: CSS positioning
In the last few classes, we focused on element measurements and floats. This time, we focused on positioning of elements: spacing them out from other elements using margins, and using absolute, relative, or fixed positioning to put the elements anywhere we want on the whole page.
Lecture video
Lecture materials
Class for 2013-05-06: CSS floats
Floating is the secret sauce behind creating websites with multiple columns, navigation menus, and basically any block element that's aligned to the left or right. We learned about floats by taking a look at some examples, then took a mockup and created a site from it.
Lecture video
Lecture materials
Class for 2013-04-22: CSS selectors and the box model
CSS selectors are probably the most complex part of the CSS language, so we looked at them further in-depth. We also talked about the box model, the display concept that makes words and containers on the web look like they do.
Lecture video
Lecture materials
Class for 2013-04-15: the basics
We covered the very basics:
- Explaining "frontend" vs. "backend"
- Discussing tools of the trade
- Explaining the separation between structure, presentation, and behavior
- Writing a basic HTML page
- Styling the page with basic CSS
- Explaining the role of frontend web development as a job and career
Lecture video
Lecture materials