Firebug=lifesaver

i would be even more lost than i already was on figuring out javascript without firebug. firebug made it a lot easier for me to identify my mistakes. after writing so much code, it can be easy to not see your own mistakes. firebug is a new set of eyes who knows how to fix the problem. firebug is my new friend and my lifesaver.

firebug made it especially helpful to work with another person.. it made it easier for us to both understand where and what the problem was in the coding. one of my classmates was getting frustrated with her javascript code, so she sent it over to me and told me which line that firebug told her was wrong. this made it easier for us to narrow down the problem to a specific line, and take it apart til we got it right!

i'm tired now after finally completing and sending in such an exhasting, yet rewarding, assignment. i'm going to call it a night.

Assignment 2:CSS

I really enjoyed using CSS for my website. It made much more sense to change the formatting with one universal style sheet instead of having to go through each individual HTML document to repeatedly change the same style alterations. Plus, the way CSS is written seems much more basic and easy to understand than the codes for HTML.

IDs such as ul id="Navigation" are used when there is only one occurence on a page. However, I would want to use CSS classes such as ul class= "Navigation" when there are one or more occurences per page.

Week 1

This first week of Cogs 121 was a nice introduction to the course. The Tuesday lecture was informative and reassuring for me, especially since I do not have much programming experience and was afraid that it would affect my learning experience. After reviewing some history of the internet, I concluded the take home message of that lecture to be that technology is continually changing and it is not any specific programming language that is crucial to learn, but more importantly it is to be aware of the rapid evolution of technology and to understand how to approach it.

The thursday lecture more focused on the "calculation model of computation" metaphor and paradigm, which i becoming a less viable metaphor in recent times with newer technologies, such as the world wide web. Now, the new model is computation as interaction, with the utilization of the modern G.U.I. (event driven programming, widgets, & interactor tree). The lecture capped off with some background history of Tim Berners Lee and his creation, the internet, and other people that influenced him.

Since then, I have started my website that is due on Thursday. I downloaded firefox and firebug, and went through a couple of the tutorials on HTML. Since I am not confident in programming, it took me a while to get started. I'm finally getting the hang of it.. and my project is a work in progress. I'm doing a website for my sorority, which makes it even more fun for me.

I also have tentative group partners for the final project, and I am still brainstorming for what we could use for our content.

testing 1,2,3..

just testing out my NEW BLOG for cogs 121! :D