HTML/CSS Crash Course

Frontend Crash Course
August 2017
WIFI: In3-Guest
http://bit.ly/html-crash-course
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Instructor
Sonja Duric
Thinkful Student
http://bit.ly/html-crash-courseWiﬁ: In3 - Guest
TAs
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About you
What's your name?
What brought you here today?
What is your programming experience?
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About Thinkful
Thinkful helps people become developers or data scientists
through 1-on-1 mentorship and project-based learning
These workshops are built using this approach.These workshops are built using this approach.
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Suggestions for learning
Don't get discouraged, struggle leads to masterystruggle leads to mastery
Don't be shy, take full advantage of our supporttake full advantage of our support
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Agenda
Learn key HTML and CSS concepts (30 min)
Go over the assignments (10 min)
Complete challenges with support (30 min)
Steps to continue learning (10 min)
http://bit.ly/html-crash-coursehttp://bit.ly/html-crash-courseWiﬁ: In3 - Guest
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How the web works
Type a URL from a client (e.g. google.com)
Browser sends an HTTP request asking for specific files
Browser receives those files and renders them as a website
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Client/Servers
Client (sends requests)
Frontend Developer
Manages what user sees
Server (sends response)
Backend Developer
Manages what app does
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Example: facebook.com
Client Server
Open browser
and navigate to
facebook.com
HTML, CSS, &
Javascrip render
newsfeed
Request
Response
Algorithm
determines
content of feed.
Sends back
HTML, CSS,
Javascript ﬁles
Application LogicApplication Logic
Initial requestInitial request
Following responseFollowing response
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Wiﬁ: In3 - Guest

How this relates to today
Client Server
Open browser
and navigate to
facebook.com
HTML, CSS, &
Javascrip render
newsfeed
Request
Response
Algorithm
determines
content of feed.
Sends back
HTML, CSS,
Javascript ﬁles
Application LogicApplication LogicInitial requestInitial request
Following responseFollowing response
We'll be writing
these ﬁles that the
brower will render
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HTML - (HyperText Markup Language)
<h1 class="intro">Hi there!</h1>
Attribute
Opening
section tag
h1
element
Closing
section tag
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HTML - structure
<html>
<body>
<h1 class="title">Hello world!</h1>
</body>
</html>
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HTML tags, elements, attributes
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HTML, by itself, is boring
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CSS - (Cascading Style Sheets)
h1 {
color: blue;
}
Value
Property
Selector
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CSS selectors, properties, values
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CSS has lots of properties and values
p {
color: #CCCCCC;
font-family: helvetica;
border: 5px solid blue;
}
div {
background-image: url("imageFile.jpg");
width: 50%;
height: 70%;
}
.loginButton {
border: none;
background-color: rgba(34, 124, 45, 0.5);
}
Lots of properties:
http://www.htmldog.com/references/css/properties/
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Margin, border, and padding
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Margin, border, and padding
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Real developers use Google... a lot
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Assignments for tonight
Go to: http://bit.ly/tf-html-classroom
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For aspiring developers, bootcamps ﬁll the gap
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job-placement rate + job guarantee
Link for the third party audit jobs report:
https://www.thinkful.com/bootcamp-jobs-statshttps://www.thinkful.com/bootcamp-jobs-stats
Thinkful's track record of getting students jobs
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Our students receive unprecedented support
Learning Mentor
Career MentorProgram Manager
Local Community
You
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Mentorship enables ﬂexible learning
Learn anywhere,
anytime, & at your own
pace
You don't have to quitYou don't have to quit
your job to startyour job to start
career transitioncareer transition
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Thinkful Two-Week Trial
Talk to one of us and email benjy@thinkful.combenjy@thinkful.com to learn more
Two-week Free Course Trial
Start with HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Option to continue with full bootcamp
Financing & scholarships available
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Education Advisor
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