Comments on: After Fall Break Blues

By: Baileycrosslin

Baileycrosslin — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 22:56:41 +0000

I completely agree that CSS, while very useful, is an aspect of this class that is still baffling to me. I’m getting a grip on it – slowly – but there’s so much that goes into it that it can get jumbled up and confusing (at least in my experience so far). I’m super excited for the Verification Quest project, especially because my piece of potential misinformation is about something I’m super interested in. However, I do have some concerns about some of the things we talked about in class in terms of researching for my project. On the other hand, I’m also worried about how to design it and how to accomplish that with HTML and CSS.

By: jenjam02

jenjam02 — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 04:40:03 +0000

I totally feel you on the Fall Break Blues. It’s like we just got back and suddenly have to cram a bunch of stuff in, including our ‘fun’ linkedin guide. I found the CSS course to be a bit overwhelming too, especially after struggling with HTML (still am a bit but I think I have the basis). But I like your analogy of CSS being the paint and decor of a house. It really helps to visualize how it all comes together. CSS is supposed to make the HTML pretty! However it is a lot but we’ll get it with time. I am interested in other people’s projects now that we’ve told what all we are doing. I am excited about my own project but not really confident in myself. I wish you luck with the coding.

By: Goldie the Goldfish

Goldie the Goldfish — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 01:40:30 +0000

I agree with everything you said. As someone who has been personally victimized by Jen Simmons I agree that things just keep getting worse lol. I’m not sure if it’s that the different elements of code would be quite so confusing by themselves but combining them is something I’m really struggling with. I also agree that our next project is an interesting one. I was excited at first and now I’m panicking but hopefully I’ll get excited again (yay). Even though I’m nervous about my own I also thought everyone else’s sound really interesting. Also, you were right to assume I know nothing.

By: Ktyria

Ktyria — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:18:52 +0000

I totally feel you on the stress of a short week! It’s like the break gave us just enough time to breathe before diving straight into a compressed workload. But hey, at least we’re getting closer to the finish line, right?

As for CSS, I can definitely relate to your “bane of existence” comment. Just when I thought I had HTML figured out, CSS comes in and adds all these layers of complexity—selectors, specificity, and layout quirks, ugh. I also appreciate the reminder to be patient with ourselves when learning a new language. I’ve had to remind myself of that A LOT lately!

On the fake news project—totally agree, it was so interesting to hear everyone’s ideas! I’m looking forward to seeing how creative we all get with applying the SIFT methods. It’s going to be a fun challenge tying it all together with what we’ve learned so far.