WEEKLY REFLCTION-week 2

The Summary and Reflection of Week 2 [Creating and Hosting a Website].

Main Tasks of Week2

  • Finishing courses from Codecademy
  • Creating my own homepage
    • basic html code

  • Activating and Managing my site(CPanel)

Basic HTML Elements

  • Headings
    • Headings
  • Paragraphs:
    • Paragraphs
  • Emphasis: for italics and for bold
    • Emphasis
  • Line breaks:
    • Line breaks
  • Lists:
    • Lists
  • Hyperlinks:
    • Hyperlinks

Something Important:

CSS web pages require the creation of a style.css file within the same folder to ensure the proper display of page formatting (such as font size, colour, and image positioning).


Reflection

Before the workshop, I completed the relevant online courses, and I thought that having the theoretical grounding would make the practical process run more smoothly. However, the practical aspects of web design still make me feel a little unfamiliar.

During the coding process. I found myself needing to revisit the course material multiple times to confirm the code was correct. The bigger challenge is that when I attempted to apply the code practised in the courses to my own projects, I discovered that some of the code did not run successfully as expected. This forced me to spend extra time on debugging and finding errors.

Moreover, while writing code, I also encountered the obstacle of tool usage. Although some efficient coding software was provided in class, I was unfamiliar with their functionalities and thus unable to use them fluently. Therefore, I can only use the text editor that is supplied with my computer.

The limitations of this tool are evident: