Hackbright Front-End Web Development | Week 7

Written By Ella Chiang

Monday:

  • JSON

    • JavaScript Object Notation

    • Transport data between servers and applications

    • key:value store

    • XML is a common alternative

    • Can build dynamic websites

  • APIs

    • Application Programming Interface: set of standards for accessing data and interacting with programs

  • Exercises

    • Build a website that generates a random math fact using Numbers API.

Wednesday:

  • Responsive Design

    • Tools: media-query, max-width, min-width, float, percentage widths

    • Media-query lets you write CSS for specific devices. Also cascade and order matters, smaller devices come earlier in the code.

  • Bootstrap

    • Comes with default styling, responsive grid, lots of themes

  • Exercises

    • Format a practice website to make it responsive.

Homework:

Added the last time I did a GitHub commit to my portfolio, also a link to view the last commit in the bottom right hand corner. I used the GitHub API and moment.js.

Ella Chiang

Ella Chiang is a digital product designer based in Southern California.

http://ellatronic.com
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