Scott Motte
32 badges unlocked — Member since Jan 9, 2012
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Newbie
Welcome to the exciting world of web professionals! We're happy you decided to join us. Isn't it exciting being a Newbie?
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Introduction
Design Foundations CSS Foundations Introduction
This introduction is a broad overview of cascading stylesheets.
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Selectors
Design Foundations CSS Foundations Selectors
Selectors allow for styling to be applied to particular page elements. This critical concept makes it easy to choose a specific page element and assign CSS properties to it.
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Elements
Design Foundations Aesthetic Foundations Elements
The elements of art form the basic visual building blocks. With elements like line, shape, and form, it is possible to approach design from an objective and analytical perspective.
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Principles
Design Foundations Aesthetic Foundations Principles
The principles of art are a set of rules or guidelines that utilize the elements of art to create patterns. By leveraging principles like harmony, contrast, and emphasis, the elements of art can be manipulated to bring forth emotional depth and dynamic visuals.
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Ruby Basics
Ruby Basics
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Basics
Introduction to Programming Basics
Computer programming can be intimidating at first, but this gentle introduction to the subject will make the learning curve a bit easier to climb.
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Control Structures
Introduction to Programming Control Structures
Control structures determine the flow of execution within an application. A conditional statement can fork the execution down several paths or a loop can execute the same code several times until a condition is met.
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Objects and Arrays
Introduction to Programming Objects and Arrays
An array is a way of storing multiple items and each item is associated to a number called the index. Each item can be accessed using the index value. Objects are usually associated to meaningful pieces of data which it can hold and manipulate.
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Functions
Introduction to Programming Functions
A function contains a piece of code that needs to be executed several times from different parts of your application
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Introduction to Programming
Basic programming skills are essential for all web professionals, including designers. High level programming concepts learned here are applicable to most computer languages.
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Website Basics
Technology Foundations Website Basics
Beyond HTML and CSS, there are several basic technology skills that every web professional should know. Some of these include uploading files to the web via FTP or purchasing domains and hosting.
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Introduction
Design Foundations HTML Introduction
This introduction is a broad overview of the Internet, the web, and markup languages.
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Text
Text in HTML can be structured many different ways. Utilizing text elements can add semantic structure to web pages.
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Lists
Lists in HTML can be used to create an ordered or unordered grouping of list items, such as a grocery list or your top five favorite movies.
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Links
Hyperlinks are the fundamental idea that makes the web great. They allow pages to be linked together so that it's easy to navigate through the sea of information.
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Objects
Design Foundations HTML Objects
Objects in HTML include elements like images and multimedia plugins. This class of elements essentially allows for the addition of content that is not text-based.
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Tables
Design Foundations HTML Tables
Tables in HTML can be used for structuring and formatting tabular data, similar to the display capabilities of spreadsheet software. Tables are useful for organizing and relating quantitative and qualitative data sets.
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Forms
Forms are a special class of HTML elements that can be combined together to create pages that accept user input. The user input generated by forms can then be processed by software that runs on the server-side.
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Data Types
Design Foundations CSS Foundations Data Types
Data types are different classes of information that can be used with CSS properties. Data Types include integers and floating point values (numbers), strings (pieces of text), colors, and more.
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Basics
The basics of HTML5 provides a broad overview of how it's being developed and how to use some of the new tags.
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Video
The HTML5 video element was included in the draft specification with the specific purpose of playing videos or movies. This essentially replaces the need for the object element and browser plugins that handle video multimedia.
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HTML5
HTML5 is a collection of new open web technologies that builds upon established W3C standards. The HTML5 specification includes new semantic page elements, multimedia features, and more.
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Aesthetic Foundations
Design Foundations Aesthetic Foundations
Aesthetic Foundations will cover the elements and principles of art, along with color theory. This basic knowledge will provide a design language that enables more effective communication amongst designers and other team members.
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Color Theory
Design Foundations Aesthetic Foundations Color Theory
Color theory is the study of mixing colors together and the visual effects of various combinations. Color has been studied for many centuries, but the advent of computer graphics has made this area even more interesting.
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List Challenge
Design Foundations HTML Lists Challenge
Test your HTML list skills in this Code Challenge! Good luck!
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HTML Master
Design Foundations HTML Mastery Challenge
Bring it all together in this HTML Code Challenge!
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Tables Challenge
Design Foundations HTML Tables Challenge
Challenge your knowledge of tables!
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HTML
This HTML Tutorial helps you master HTML. HTML or "Hyper Text Markup Language" describes the basic structure and content of a web page. Mastering HTML and its many elements is critical for any type of web professional.
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Selector Code Challenge
Design Foundations CSS Foundations Selectors Challenge
Test your knowledge of CSS Selectors in the code challenge.
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Text
Design Foundations CSS Foundations Text
In addition to the font property, there are several more properties that allow for text elements to be further manipulated. Examples include the word-spacing, letter-spacing, and line-height properties.
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Text Code Challenge
Design Foundations CSS Foundations Text Challenge
Test your knowledge of CSS text manipulations in this Code Challenge.
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