Week Fourteen (MGDP2050)
Lecture notes and exercises for Week Fourteen of Web Design and Development II (MGDP2050).
See also Week Thirteen (MGDP2050) - Week Fifteen (MGDP2050).
Contents
HTML and CSS
CSS box model
See Box model (CSS).
CSS centering
See Centering (CSS).
Cross-browser compatibility
See Cross-browser compatibility.
CSS reset
CSS reset is the practice of setting CSS styles to a baseline state, before writing custom CSS, in order to minimize browser incompatibility.
CSS frameworks such as Bootstrap have CSS reset built in.
JavaScript libraries for compatibility
Various JavaScript libraries are available to help reduce browser incompatibility, including:
Text editors
A text editor is a tool for editing text files.
Source code editors
A source code editor is a text editor which has features such as syntax highlighting, which are useful for editing source code.
HTML editors
An HTML editor is a source code editor which has features such as WYSIWYG, which are useful for editing HTML.
Adobe Dreamweaver is an HTML editor.
Word processors
Avoid using word processors such as Microsoft Word as HTML editors.
Word processors typically add non-text formatting. HTML must be text-only.
Popular text editors
Category: Text editors
Freelancing, job search, etc.
Open discussion about jobs, searching for jobs, freelancing, etc.
For next week
No new exercises.
Work on project, unfinished exercises.
Final class session
Next week is the final class session.
It will be a short class session featuring guest lecturers.
Optional: students are free to make a presentation to the class -- non-credit, for the experience as a public speaker.
