Due before class
You do not have to become a coder to do well in this course. However, you will have to be willing to explore technical skills that you might not otherwise develop as a humanities scholar. In this initial assignment, we’ll use one of the web’s many excellent self-education platforms to learn the very basics of how web pages work.
Web pages are composed of three components: HTML, CSS, and Javascript. HTML provides the structure and content of a web page; CSS controls the style of presentation; and Javascript permits dynamic modification of both. To explore the web from the inside, you need to be alittle bit comfortable in all three.
Assignment
Once you have finished, send me a link to your profile page (click “view my Profile” under the top right menu item with your picture on it). That’s all! But feel free to continue exploring on Codeacademy – there’s lots to learn and much of it will be helpful to this course, or to your further explorations in this field.
Alternative
- Set up an account on Github. Upload one of your completed projects there. Send me the link so I can explore.
You can learn more about git and github here. This information will come in handy later, so it’s well worth your time now.