Reading 01
JavaScript intro/over view
- Scripts
- series of code to intruct a computer to complete a desired task.
- only the scripts/functions you call are completed
- OOP (object oriented programming)
- objects are created when multiple instances of a similar type will be needed. objects can contain properties, methods, and events
- Events
- specific events can be specified, can be used to call functions
- Methods
- represent how the code is interacted with (calling the method performs the action)
HTML/CSS
- Structure
- Tags
- opening and closing
- inline attributes and values
- ID
- allows for selection of a single element by ID
- Class
- alows for selection of a group of elements by class name
- Block vs Inline elements
- block elements start on a new line and occupy the entirety of the lines
- inline elements share a line
- div vs span tags
- span is the inline equivalent of the div tag. allows for CSS selection, not used for HTML structure
- meta
- allows for attaching unseen info, aids in search engine results (HTML page 191)
- escape characters
- allow for the use of html characters in code without altering html interpretation, plus ™, © ect. (html page 193)
- HTML5 layout (HTML page 430)
- header and footer. Element for information at the top or bottom of a page
- nav. Element for navigational blocks
- article. Element for containing stand alone information
- aside. Element for content related to the entire page. Can be used inside or outside of article tags
- section. Groups related content together.
- hgroup. Groups H1-H6 tags.
- figure. Contains info referenced by the main content, can be graphs, images, ect.
- div. Used when other elements are not defined to group the specific info you are working with.
- Process and Design (HTML page 453)
- wireframing
- block diagrams
- preplanning
- evaluating target audience
- evaluating website use cases/intentions
- site maps