The document outlines an introductory workshop on building a basic website using HTML and CSS. The agenda includes learning key concepts of HTML and CSS in 30 minutes, reviewing starter code in 10 minutes, building an "About Me" site with support for 30 minutes, and learning next steps in 10 minutes. Attendees will build a personal website on Glitch.com using the concepts and starter code provided. The workshop aims to give attendees real-world experience and suggestions for continuing self-learning.

1. Build Your Own Website
August 2017
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2. Instructor
Megan Buzzas
Thinkful Web Dev Student
Freelance web developer
TAs
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3. About you
What's your name? !
What brought you here today?
​I'm curious about a career as a developer
I'm considering enrolling in a bootcamp
What is your programming experience?
I'm completely new to programming "
I've been self-teaching for a few months #
I'm already a developer$
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4. About Thinkful
Thinkful helps people become developers or data scientists
through 1-on-1 mentorship and project-based learning
These workshops are built using this approach.These workshops are built using this approach.
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5. Suggestions for learning
Don't treat this as a drill, we're making somethingwe're making something
realreal
Don't get discouraged, struggle leads to masterystruggle leads to mastery
Don't be shy, take full advantage of our supporttake full advantage of our support
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6. This is what we're making
View example here
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7. Agenda
Learn key HTML and CSS concepts (30 min)
Go over starter code (10 min)
Build your site with our support! (30 min)
Steps to continue learning (10 min)
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8. HTML - what is it?
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the content
and structure of a webpage.
<h1 class="intro">Hi there!</h1>
Attribute
Opening
section tag
h1
element
Closing
section tag
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9. HTML tags, elements, attributes
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10. CSS - what is it?
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) determines the visual
representation of HTML content.
h1 {
color: blue;
}
Declaration
block
Value
Property
Selector
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11. CSS selectors, properties, values
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12. Our project for tonight
Your mission for tonight is to build your very own "About
Me" page using Glitch.com.
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13. Glitch setup & first steps!
Fork the starter code here
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14. Real developers use Google... a lot
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15. Ways to keep learning
More Structure
Less Structure
More SupportLess Support
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16. Our instructors help us write, teach, and
improve our workshops & curriculum
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17. Career prep and job-placement
Liz Stephanie
Our career services team has helped 93% of our grads
begin jobs at companies like:
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18. Take a Thinkful tour!
Talk to one of us to set something up !
Take a look through Thinkful's
student platform to see if
project-based, online learning
is a good fit for you %
While we're at it, give us
feedback on tonight's
workshop.
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