Web Development Perceptions.
In Tutorial 1 the main thing that was learned was how to set up the framework of an html document. Thus far the web design process in not difficult however with all coding things usually progress and get more complex but will allow us to create pages that are much more detailed and eye-catching. For web developers the main jobs that seem to be available would be website construction and management, within that category one could work for a large company managing and changing the web site or sites that the company uses for business or web pages for multiple smaller clients.
HTML History.
In this chapter we have learned how the internet was started and how the internet was made available to the masses by the use of the World Wide Web and the idea of individual webpages from many sources viewed through web browsers. Because the internet has very few sanctions people can create whatever they want, however originally the rules that html follows were not always agreed upon and this created problems. The problems with the original versions of html is that with many browsers not all html documents displayed the same or correctly in all browsers. To resolve these issues the W3C was created so there was a sanctioning body to determine the correct format for coding html documents.
One thing that I found particularly interesting is how in an unregulated information environment how a format was developed to allow this information to be accessible to nearly anyone. As for the future I would speculate that the formatting structure that the W3C wants all parties to use will continually become more stringent but that new future will be added to allow the information on the web to be shared among a growing group of internet users throughout the planet
CSS History
CSS allows a single style to effect multiple pages so there is not the need to copy and paste multiple instances of styleing data. with the current relationship of Html and CSS, Html organizes the content and CSS styles the content.
Out of the Box
I took away from this article that the boxy nature of CSS is sdvantagous in that all the information and styleing can be strongly organized so the code and the page can be user friendly and easy to read. However even with the boxy nature of css if you are creative with your imaging you can breakup the box and have the page apear to have advanced styleing. the article was interesting and worthwile in that i brings light to the idea of using crative imagery to allow you to get effects that appear to not be in a boxy style. For the most part the article was all interesting the author did go off on some tangents but not to the extent that they detracted from the overal message of the article of even though there is strict structure to css there are ways to make an exciting image.
Tables vs. CSS
The article was interesting in that it showed how tables allowed for very pleasing designes but the code was a nightmare. when contrasted with CSS the same things can be accomplished with less complexity in code. one of the most interesting things with the article was how it illistrated that even thought CSS is superior to table based design that designers still manage to use the system for things other that how it was intended. The part of the article that was least interesting thing was the comparison at the end that tryed to put tables side by side with CSS and see which one would win, when CSS is superior to the extent when looked at from a objective perspective that tables can't possible win.
Specificity
The article attacks a very important concept that is a must to beable to master CSS. The article was not overly interesting as the bulk of the information covered in this article was previously covered by professor Jund. Regardless of the lack of excitment in this article the review was worthwile as a strong grasp of the cascade in CSS is one of the most important skills to have when designing modern webpages.
