Thursday, March 4, 2010

css; I'm getting better at it!

Good news readers! I'm getting the hang of css, the reason for this is we went over a bit more css and html this week in the lecture and even more in the tutorial. I'm figuring out the rules in css, it's like when you come to a new job and you have an idea about how it works there but you aren't 100% sure of what you can and cant do, you are a like over careful not to upset the balance by following a rule only you are following and missing the rules everyone else is. So, I have realised the order of css does matter as long as it is properly bracketed. It was also quite encouraging seeing the css that my tutor was writing all seemed very logical and made sense. It has been interesting and quite satisfying learning how to read the language. Going from someone who would do his best to steer clear of this sort of stuff on the net to someone who can see and understand what is going on while surfing. And my internet horizons only got broader when I was lectured and tutored about API's (Application Programming Interface) they open up the opportunity to do great stuff on the net using the API's of social networking sites, government statistics (if they have an API, which they don't here unfortunately) and other research statistics, especially social commentary.
Thanks for reading,
The Candle Stick Jumper