[Day 5] CSS & JavaScript

If you liked HTML, you are going to LOVE CSS & JavaScript [Skillcrush Bootcamp] DAY 5 [CSS & JavaScript] --------------------------------------------------------------- What did you think of all that HTML that you were writing? Pretty cool to see your words on the web, no? Learning to write HTML is pretty darn empowering, but HTML is not, as you know, the most aesthetically pleasing thing we’ve ever seen. In fact, HTML all on its own is pretty darn boring. CSS & JavaScript to the rescue! [CSS] While [HTML] tells the browser what different parts of the page are, CSS says what those pieces should look like. For example, p means paragraph in HTML. If we wanted to make all of our paragraphs pink and bold, we’d do something like: p { color:pink; font-weight:bold; } CSS is written in a plain text editor and saved with a .css at the end of the filename. CSS lets you add color, fancy fonts, drop shadows, padding and everything else hip and stylish to a web page. Want to guess how we’d add a 10 pixel border to a paragraph, and then turn the background color red? You got it! p { padding:10px; background-color: red; } See! CSS is not so hard, it’s practically common sense. [JavaScript] When you view a slideshow or get annoying popup ads – that’s JavaScript. If you see your Facebook Timeline update or Google autocomplete a search term – that’s JavaScript. When most anything changes on a page without you clicking a link – that’s JavaScript! JavaScript is one of the few programming languages that can work in your browser. Because of its ubiquity and how easy it was to learn, for many years it was dismissed by professionals as being a toy for amateurs. This all changed around ten years ago with the advent of “AJAX” and “Web 2.0.” These were sets of technology that used JavaScript in a whole new way, allowing the Web to be way more interactive than it had been before. So next time you use a Google Spreadsheet or watch a Tweet update on a web page, you can know what’s going on – that’s JavaScript! You might have heard of ‘Java,’ but that’s actually a completely different language. It came out around the same time as JavaScript, and they only share a name thanks to a marketing scheme! The joke goes “Java is to Javascript what Car is to Carpet.” JavaScript’s fancy real name is ECMAScript, but you should only call it that when you’re angry that it hasn’t done its dishes. - Open up: [. This is the CSS for skillcrush.com - Poke around and see if you can find out what font we are using for our paragraphs TOMORROW [Frontend vs. Backend] Frontend vs. Backend By Skillcrush The frontend is the part of a web site that you can see and interact with, while the backend is all the rest. --------------------------------------------------------------- EARLIER THIS WEEK [Learn HTML] Learn HTML By Skillcrush Now that you know what HTML is and the crucial function it plays in every website on planet Earth, what could be better than trying your hand at writing some HTML? [Continue Reading →] --------------------------------------------------------------- You received this email because you are subscribed to the Newsletter List from Skillcrush. [unsubscribe from all lists] [update subscription preferences] Skillcrush 115 West 18th Street, Floor 2 New York NY 10011 USA