William's Blog

Blog #1

Date of Post: 10/15/2023

When doing this assignment it took a little for me to get used to all the lingo associated with both html and git. Another issue I was having was the formatting of html. I've never used html before so it took a little bit to get used to. By far the biggest help for this assignment was the web. I looked at countless videos and post to make sure all my formatting was correct for the posts. I also consulted with some friends that had more html experience to help me with some of the assignment.

Blog #2

Date of Post: 10/30/2023

One challenging thing about this assignment was the size of the webpage we had to re-organize. This was very overwhelming but became less so as the webpage was coming together. To solve that problem I tried organizing the various sections of the page. I learned how to make resize things as well as create shapes and borders to help with visual clarity. I also learned that I already knew how to re-shape and resize a lot of the elements that were given. The resources that helped the most for this assignment was friends and videos. I would attempt the problem on my own and if I couldn't figure it out, I would go to an outside resource that would help with a specific task. I had to Google how to make the images re-arrange themselves when the page was adjusted. I also had to Google how to create circles with the borders given.

Blog #3

Date of Post: 11/13/2023

One challenging part of the assignment was getting accustomed to java script. Practice with the languge helped me understand it a little better. I leanred how to use a dataset flag to store data into an html object. I found a cool method of doing a 1 line if statement. I had prior coding knowledge which helped with writing and arrays. The jsfiddle code snippets helped a lot as well as the internet and some help from w3schools.com. I compared code and learned from the examples that were given. I googled how to use javascript structs as well the .includes function.

Blog #4

Date of Post: 11/19/2023

Using node.js was very challenging as my knowledge on it was very minimal. I used help from friends as well as some of your examples and online examples. I learned all about node.js as well as using npm to install packages. No I did not have any special insights. I did not know anything beyond basic javascript. Some helpful resoureces included the internet, your examples, lecture notes, stack overflow and help from friends. I used these resources to help me understand what I needed to do. I had to Google how to setup node.js and the fs documentation.

Blog #5

Date of Post: 12/4/2023

I had very little knowledge on handlebars so I had to take my time understanding them. I learned how to wrok with handlebars by the end. One special insight I had was working with structs in previous cs classes which helped with this assignment. I already knew structs. I used a lot of the internet and help from friends for this assignment. I would ask questions to each. If I had a more general question I would use the internet and if I had a specific question I would ask my friend. I needed to search up some errors to why my handlebars weren't working correctly.