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This assignment took me a while to do because it was very challenging. This was my first time working with coding, so I had to get the hang of it. When I first looked at the assignments I thought if I pressed the wrong button my computer would explode. It was almost like I was reading one of those extravagant foreign languages. It took me a while to get the hang of it, but as I kept doing the “try it yourself” and the exercises I was getting the hang of it. I even caught myself using a lot of the earlier codes as I was moving on to the different exercises.
As I was getting the hang of codes and HTML, I was getting through assignments much quicker and more efficiently. The majority of the lessons were pretty straight forward, especially in the beginning. They were short and very to the point. For example, the lessons on “Elements”, “Headings”, “Paragraphs”, and “Comments” were very straight forward and easier to navigate and execute. The earlier lessons on “Basics” and “Paragraphs” helped me get the feel of HTML. The elements I learned in these lessons I found myself carrying as I continued the other lessons. My favorite lessons were “Styles” and “Colors.” Even though the codes themselves weren’t that easy to remember and write down, they were definitely fun to play with and experiment with. Especially the “Colors” lesson I just found myself playing with the actual colors and seeing how many colors I could come up with. While those lessons were easy and more entertaining to experiment with the hardest lessons were definitely “CSS” and “Images” the codes were extensive and very particular just to get a small result. It got very confusing the more I continued, and I had to keep going back to the reference page just so I got the codes down the right way.
Overall, the lessons were not insanely difficult to navigate. Once I understood the process more and saw patterns, I felt more and more confident using it. Now I do not see a future for me and HTML, but now I won’t be as scared and intimidated if I were to see it again. I most likely won’t be able to help anyone decode anything serious, but I won’t be completely oblivious and that was a purpose of this assignment. At least now I can say I have some experience in coding!