pmmenzel / phase_0_unit_1

Unit 1 for nine-week Phase 0 model

Unit 1: Introduction

Welcome to Phase 0! Below you will find links to the curriculum for each week. Each week will be released on Monday and will be due on the following Sunday at 11:59pm.

Week 1: HTML/CSS

Week 2: More HTML/CSS

Week 3: JavaScript

Unit Requirements

• Peer-Pair program at least 4 times this unit. Read about pairing.
• Submit feedback for all pairing sessions. (You should submit at least 3 for peer sessions and 2 for GPS 1.1 and 1.2)
• Rate Feedback at least 20 pieces of other people's feedback.

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phase_0_unit_1's Issues

Week 3 Group Challenge User Stories

Hi Patrick,

I know you were thinking that your user stories messed us up when we all got together and discuss things. I just read through what you had and you did a great job not having much direction. I think we were all bit hesitant on this one being our first group challenge.

The only thing I would suggest is to try and not take the instructions to literally. I think they are looking for us to be more fluid than rigid so that we can get things done with stressing a about to many details. At least for right now anyway.

For instance, I think you could have written one user story per function rather than a user story per test. combining key elements from each test into one story for the function as a whole makes it easier to write the pseudo code.

In the end we all survived and passed all the tests so great job getting us going with little to know direction. Being the first person is never fun. At least not in my opinion. You had the the hard role and you did great.

week_3 / 1_git_started

It's good to read that you've been trying to use git from the command line from the get go. It's definitely great to have that initiative!

All of your explanations were clear and seemed on point to me. Also, your reflection was thorough and informative. Keep up the great work.

Positions HTML and other thoughts

Hi Patrick,

Thank you so much for your kind words on your comments for my repo. I tend to feel a bit inadequate at times and your comments help me feel better and that I can contribute.

I've looked through your repo and read your reflections. It seems like your getting things pretty well but I wanted to share a link with you about HTML positioning. Positioning is one of the harder aspects about learning HTML and CSS and I have to admit that I don't understand it all. Most of the time I just play around and test until I get the page to look the way I want.

Learning about static, fixed, relative, and absolute position values helped me greatly. http://learnlayout.com/position.html this is a great visual teaching tool for the concept. In the end though, it really just comes down to playing with them. The more you use them the better you get to know them and what they can do.

The other item I would tell you about is the x-index css attribute. This cool little guy allows you to push elements forward or backwards in the depth of field. I use this a lot when using positioning because more often than not when you fix things in position something gets overlapped. http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_pos_z-index.asp

Giving a z-index a negative value pushes an element back into the background while giving is a positive number brings it forward.

I would also look up the css float and clear attributes and get familiar with them. They are hugely important and used greatly in making layouts in HTML.

These are just some of the trick I've learned over time but I would be glad to answer any questions that you might have so please feel free to hit me with questions any time something doesn't make sense or you need more clarification. I'll do my best to help out.

Again, thank you so much for the kind words on your comment for my repo. It meant a lot.

C

Hey Patrick - Great work on your blogsites. I like how you gave depth to your image with stylings and a shadow. When I'm viewing the site from my laptop, everything is evenly spaced and the site is easy to navigate. Good stuff!

One thing that helps me with positioning, to keep things in place if the browser changes in size aside from dynamic design is possibly using wrappers (simple stack overflow explination: http://goo.gl/sAURX1). I struggle with this as well, but it is helpful for me when I want to center a group of elements within an element.