Comments on: HTML and CSS Reflections

By: swanXVI

swanXVI — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 04:16:25 +0000

Man, I relate to the self-explanatory comment a lot. I can’t tell you how many times I had to remember that while writing my How To guide. W3schools has been a life saver for both HTML and CSS. I’m a little technologically illiterate, so having a site that can constantly remind me how to not screw up a document has been fantastic. My overall experience with HTML and CSS has been challenging if I’m being honest. It’s a welcome challenge, though. The most important part of this learning process has been reminding myself that it is okay to mess something up. Failure has taught me more about these programs than anything, and those failures have encouraged me to explore CSS specifically more than I would initially would have. I’m having a ball with the Verification Quest so far, and I’m really excited to fail at using Twine in the next month or so.

By: adimae77

adimae77 — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:48:53 +0000

Hi, great post! It’s super cool that you decided to try writing a blog post in Markdown. That’s probably a really great way to solidify our skills now that we’re not required to use Markdown for an assignment. I appreciated your perspective on the importance of learning HTML and CSS. Like, even if we’re not actively building websites, we’re definitely actively visiting them. It would be great to understand how they work—and really be an educated internet user—instead of just taking things at face value. I’m also not really having issues with the concepts of HTML and CSS, but more so with the syntax. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

By: Frog

Frog — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:26:16 +0000

I can definitely relate to the constant revisiting of w3schools for the specific syntax. It really is like trying to learn a new language, so you fill in the blanks with your pre-established vocab.
I appreciate the line, “Why shouldn’t we attempt to understand such a foundational part of our life?” The web is such a conceptually complex thing that has always been a part of our lives. It does make learning about website construction feel more valuable.
My experience with html and css has been bumpy, but I enjoy how much control I have over my work. I so desperately want to create something that looks visually striking.