When dealing with a problems that don’t quite click for me, it can be a good solution to just write it out by hand, take a step back and recognize how I get from point a. to point b. That is why a couple of classmates and I did so on a large white board to figure out how to begin coding our page. There’s a lot I still need to learn, but at least I can now understand the basic fundamentals in creating a webpage.
It is also important to stay organized when coding. During the process of developing a webpage, I began with several files, which got a little busy. This was especially true with all the font files I needed for only three fonts. By splitting the overall project into four separate files (fonts, CSS, Images and HTML) I could stay organized enough to move through smoothly. However, another way to become evening more organized is through the coding process. It wasn’t until I started actually coding a project from basically scratch when I needed to turn to help. So, I turned to my roommate who has a lot of experience coding and he told me that a good way to get confused is by not organizing separate lines in your code. By just indenting each line according to where it lies within each system, I was able to recognize my process better. It’s starting to make a lot of sense!