ginaparadis – Learning Journal

Parallax – fashionable web design?

I’ve often felt like Goldilocks when interacting with websites that utilize parallax. Too many parallax effects in a site can be extremely overwhelming. Too little can seem underwhelming for the excitement of the effect. But when it’s done just right, it can be incredible.

Some thoughts so far

Responsive design is what I’ve always wanted to know how to do.

If you haven’t already–give Figma a try!

What is Figma? Figma is an online graphic editor and prototyping tool that can truly do it all.

Cannot flex my flex(box) skills yet

As I recall my interactions with Flexbox last semester, I remember a lot of feelings of confusion and intimidation. I understand that the objective is relatively simple, yet I could not ever understand the appropriate times to use each rule.

Can you be a little more specific?

Muscle memory is crazy! I admittedly was nervous about going forward with more HTML and CSS learning after I found myself a little bit traumatized by my lack of sophisticated web building knowledge in the Fall.

Pro Tip: Take advantage of the HTML Validator

I am aware that this idea is (essentially) a given and in some circumstances required for our assignments, but…

The Code is Calling Me Again

It has been a bit over a month since I last coded something. As with anything new, last semester I often found myself getting frustrated because I was so eager to be at a much higher level in web development as a complete beginner.