EP

Notes

Web Design and Frontend Dev-related Resources

Introduction

This page contains my notes taken while studying web design and front-end web development.

Technologies & Applications:

  • Git (Version Control System)
  • Github (Free Cloud Source Code Storage and Git-based Version Control System)
  • Github Pages (Free Static Site Hosting)
  • VS Code (Code Editor)

Getting Setup

Basic Website Folder Structure


sitename/
├── index.html
├── css/
│   ├── style.css
                          
                      

Blank HTML Document

Example index.html file:


Blank CSS Document

Example style.css file with a CSS Table of Contents:


Base Styles

CSS Global Reset


CSS Global Colors


CSS Global Typography

This is a Heading 1

This is a Heading 2

This is a Heading 3

This is a paragraph. This is bold text. This is italic text. This is an inline text link. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

  • This is an Unordered List Item
  • This is an Unordered List Item
  • This is an Unordered List Item
  1. This is an Ordered List Item
  2. This is an Ordered List Item
  3. This is an Ordered List Item

This is a link.


Glossary:

Common Terms & Definitions:

HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
JS
JavaScript
CLI
Command Line Interface
GUI
Graphical User Interface

Helpful CLI Commands:


$ pwd (or simply "cd" on a PC) // returns path to current directory
          
$ ls (or "dir" on a PC) // returns list of contents inside the current directory
          
$ cd Desktop // move down one level into a sub directory

$ cd .. // move up one level into the parent directory
          
$ git clone https://github.com/username/reponame // copies a remote repo to your local computer