Friday, April 2, 2010
What I Learned, 3/29 - 4/2
I've always been intimidated by HTML, and after working with it in class today, I still feel the same. I'm not that great with codes, so seeing those 2,000 lines of HTML made me a little nervous. I've worked with codes before when I had a MySpace account, specifically when I changed the layout, embedded video and pictures into the "about me" section, and used the code to make the words scroll across the page, so learning about the codes for bold and for italics wasn't too difficult to me. Seeing that there are 2,000 lines of codes for just the New York Times homepage gives me a new appreciation of how much work goes into making just one webpage. I'm constantly hearing about how long it takes to put together a print newspaper and how easy it is to post an article online, but in reality, it takes a lot of code writing to put a decent webpage together.
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I definitely agree -- this is like learning an entire new language. It will just take time and trial-and-error to figure out it think, but webdesign is also changing and getting simpler all the time. I saw and advertisement today for a program that does all the dirty-work of writing HTML for you and made it seem super simple to make your own website! Ill try and remember the name of it for class on
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We'll give you a bit more time to play with HTML. It's not as scary as it might seem.
ReplyDeleteIt is absolutely crazy, but I think HTML is one of those things that once you know how to do it, it is very quick and simple to make. It's like learning a new language, once you master it, speaking is thoughtless and easy. I sincerely envy those technological people who can spit out pages of code without even thinking!
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