The Quirks of Web Development

06 Sep 2019

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Building a Website is NOT easy.

A couple weeks ago, my classmates and I started learning HTML and CSS. We learned to do things like change styles, create links to other sites, and subdivide blocks of text into columns. The thing that I struggled most with was the stylesheet, a CSS file that controls the theme of your website. There were so many tools, and knowing which one to use for the look I wanted was the hardest part. However, once I got accustomed to the tools, the task of creating something that looks like what I had in mind became a whole lot easier.

Jumping into Semantic UI

Semantic UI basically does the hard work for you. It gives you classes and IDs so you don’t have to implement them yourself. At first, I thought that giving us all the tools we need would somehow dampen our flexibility, but it actually allows for more creativity. Using a UI framework allows the someone to freely design a website without worrying about the implementation, since its already implemented.

Conclusions

My experiences with HTML, CSS,and Semantic UI has made me really excited, as its really fun. I think this is an extremely useful skill that I can use for myself and for others, and will undoubtedly be something I will delve further into. I’m very excited to learn React and the other frameworks available.