MMC3260 lab topics
WordPress for blogging
GitHub for version control
3 Designing for a multi-device world
3 The browser: Viewing source, using inspectors, responsive design view
3 Code editors
4 HTML
elements are made of tags div vs. span (block vs. inline) h1-h6, p strong vs. b, em vs. i links a href, with relative and absolute paths title and target attributes using element IDs for internal targeting mailto: and tel: img src align, width, height title attribute lists ul ol dl table tr, th, td thead, tbody
5 Structure: Organizing an HTML document
Intro to HTML5: header, footer, nav, article, section
Validation and device testing
6 CSS
The style attribute: Changing the way those HTML elements look
styling text with font-family, font-size, font-style, text-align, text-transform, text-decoration line-height, letter-spacing styling elements with color, background-color, borders, margins, padding, height, width styling boxes with rounded corners and shadows
7 Class and ID: Using selectors to target elements
Targeting multiple elements with style on a page
Pseudo-classes like :hover, :first-child, :last-child; using [attribute=value]
Inheritance: children get styles from their parents
Using to reference an external stylesheet
External stylesheet vs. embedded style vs. inline style attribute
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The box model
Everything's a rectangle (normalizing across browsers with box-sizing: border-box)
Display: block, inline, inline-block, none
Document flow and element placement
Floats and clears
Relative and absolute positioning
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Typographical hierarchy
Using font-family and font-size to create a hierarchy
Google Fonts
Imagery
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A splash of jQuery
Using CSS selector syntax to trigger basic interactions like .show(), .hide(), .toggle(), .addClass(), .css()
Adding an event listener with .on()
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UI
Project Building
UX
13
IA
Detail pages
List pages
Front page
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Testing
Distribution
Analytics
Performance