[hscctstudents] Re: Introduction to HTML
- From: Iman McDuffie <imanm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hscctstudents@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:52:47 -0800 (PST)
okay so where is the typing part what r we suppose 2
do just read for now
--- Gibran Adejele <gibran_adejele@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello HSCCT students! We are about to begin our
> journey to develop your
> skills as web developers. This is a long email but
> I need you to bear
> with me and read through all of it.
>
> Attached you will find a document that will explain
> how web servers and
> the internet work. Although you will not be tested
> on this material, it
> is important that you have a firm grasp of how the
> internet works from
> the start of our adventure. I would like you to
> read this document
> first.
>
> Also attached is a document that will introduce you
> to HTML. You will
> be tested on this material when we meet January 7th.
> The points you
> earn on the quiz count toward the selection of the
> students that make it
> to the second round. As you begin to read about
> HTML tags, I strongly
> encourage you to try some of them out. Its easy,
> fun, and you have all
> the tools you need right now to get started.
>
> Hopefully, you already know how to create folders
> (directories) on your
> computer. If not, call me and I will walk you
> through it. Please create
> a folder named "hscct". Open notepad and type your
> HTML tags and
> content into it. When you're done coding your web
> page, save your file
> with the name of your choosing and a ".htm" or
> ".html" file extension.
> Be careful, by default notepad will tack on a ".txt"
> file extension. So
> you could end up with a file named:
> "document.html.txt". You can make
> sure notepad saves it with the right file extension
> by either putting
> the entire file name in quotes or selecting "All
> Files" as the type of
> file you want to save.
>
> Once you save a file with ".htm" or ".html", any
> time you double click
> on the file, Windows will automatically start your
> default browser. You
> can also use your browser to open your HTML
> documents. Go to file,
> choose Open, when the diaglog box displays select
> browse, find your HTML
> document on your hard drive and select it, your
> browser will open the
> file just as if you'd double clicked it or found a
> site on the internet.
>
> Most developers spend a lot of time utilizing "My
> Computer" or Windows
> Explorer. By default, Windows does not show you the
> file extensions it
> only shows you the name of the file. This is ok for
> non-developers but
> the file extensions will become very important to
> you so you are advised
> to change your configuration to show the file
> extensions. Here's how: Go
> to Tools, select the "View" tab, uncheck the box
> that says "Hide
> extensions for known file types". I assure you this
> will save you a lot
> of grief.
>
> Our training method centers around providing you
> code that you will type
> on your computer at home. You are admonished to
> study this code and send
> email to the distribution list when you have
> questions or run into
> problems. We suspect that you will make mistakes
> typing in the code
> that we give you, we also expect you to find those
> mistakes (debug your
> code). Our believe is that you will deepen your
> understanding of the
> language as you try diffterent things to get your
> code to work. But that
> is the key. Try different things. Even if you
> happen to type
> everything in perfectly, you should open your code
> back up, change some
> things around, and see what happens when you do.
> Experiment with the
> language!
>
> Next week, I will snail mail the rest of the
> homework assignment to you.
> This assignment, and the one you will receive
> January 7th, are long.
> The first assignment is 10 or 11 pages! Not to
> fret, you have over a
> month to get it done and you don't get any points
> for sending it in
> early. In fact, you don't get any points for doing
> the homework at all,
> but you will lose points if you have not emailed
> your coded and tested
> web application to me (don't send it to the list) by
> January 5th. The
> HTML in this first assignment is crude and you are
> free to improve upon
> it, but you only get browny points if you do.
>
> Your homework requires the inclusion of 7 graphic
> files. They are
> attached to this email in a zip file. If you don't
> have software to
> open zip files, let me know. There are several
> decent free zip software
> applications you can install and then there is also
> WinZip, the king of
> zip software products. You can usually get a 30 day
> license for WinZip
> but I strongly encourage you to either get a free
> package or buy
> something because we will exchange zip files
> throughout the training.
> Once you open the archive, extract the files into
> the "hscct" folder you
> created above. Once more, if any of this is alien
> to you, give me a
> call and I will walk you through it.
>
> I met with IIT this week and we had a very good
> discussion. They showed
> me 3 classrooms. All of them were good but two of
> them were great. I
> wanted to be able to report to you we are 100%
> certain the training will
> be conducted there, but unfortunately, the personnel
> I have been working
> with do not make the final decision. They have
> submitted the paperwork
> and I should know for sure within the next 2 weeks.
> I still believe
> it's a 90% likelyhood we will be at IIT. I know IIT
> is a long haul for
> most of you, myself included, but I believe the
> facility and the
> environment is worth it.
>
> Don't forget that we need your parents to be present
> on the first day of
> class. We would like them to stay for the entire
> day and get a feel for
> what you will be learning. I am hoping that some of
> your parents will
> be interested in helping us out some Saturdays or
> even joining you on
> this adventure and learn some of the technology for
> themselves.
>
> I still haven't heard from some students. Ken, I
> don't have your home
> address so I cannot mail the homework to you.
> Camille and Nikolay, I
> believe I have your home addresses but part of the
> reason I asked you to
> confirm it was so that I'd be sure I have your
> correct email addresses
> too.
>
> I will start working on the newsletter tomorrow and
> should have it ready
> by the time we are able to confirm where we will
> have our training. I
> know some of you are interested in how your
> individual try-out scores
> compare to the other students that took the test and
> I will provide that
> data.
>
> I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays. I am
> looking forward to the
> new year and meeting with you soon. I am expecting
> good things from all
> of you and great things from 5 of you.
>
>
>
> (H) 708-283-8516
> (C) 708-254-7767
>
>
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