Deck 8983a1d9-68df-4447-8481-3b4fd0de734c-13-37

Frontend Crash Course
July 2017
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Password:
http://bit.ly/html-crash-course
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Instructor
Connor Ericson
Thinkful Graduate
Coding instructor
TAs
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About you
What's your name?
What brought you here today?
What is your programming experience?
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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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Suggestions for learning
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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Agenda
Learn key HTML and CSS concepts (30 min)
Go over the assignments (10 min)
Complete challenges with support (40 min)
Steps to continue learning (10 min)
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How the web works
Type a URL from a client (e.g. google.com)
Browser sends an HTTP request asking for specific files
Browser receives those files and renders them as a website
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Client/Servers
Client (sends requests)
Frontend Developer
Manages what user sees
Server (sends response)
Backend Developer
Manages what app does
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Example: facebook.com
Client Server
Open browser
and navigate to
facebook.com
HTML, CSS, &
Javascrip render
newsfeed
Request
Response
Algorithm
determines
content of feed.
Sends back
HTML, CSS,
Javascript ﬁles
Application LogicApplication Logic
Initial requestInitial request
Following responseFollowing response
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http://bit.ly/html-crash-course

How this relates to today
Client Server
Open browser
and navigate to
facebook.com
HTML, CSS, &
Javascrip render
newsfeed
Request
Response
Algorithm
determines
content of feed.
Sends back
HTML, CSS,
Javascript ﬁles
Application LogicApplication LogicInitial requestInitial request
Following responseFollowing response
We'll be writing
these ﬁles that the
brower will render
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HTML - (HyperText Markup Language)
<h1 class="intro">Hi there!</h1>
Attribute
Opening
section tag
h1
element
Closing
section tag
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HTML - structure
<html>
<body>
<h1 class="title">Hello world!</h1>
</body>
</html>
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HTML tags, elements, attributes
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HTML, by itself, is boring
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CSS - (Cascading Style Sheets)
h1 {
color: blue;
}
Value
Property
Selector
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CSS selectors, properties, values
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CSS has lots of properties and values
p {
color: #CCCCCC;
font-family: helvetica;
border: 5px solid blue;
}
div {
background-image: url("imageFile.jpg");
width: 50%;
height: 70%;
}
.loginButton {
border: none;
background-color: rgba(34, 124, 45, 0.5);
}
Lots of properties:
http://www.htmldog.com/references/css/properties/
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Margin, border, and padding
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Margin, border, and padding
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Real developers use Google... a lot
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Assignments for tonight
Go to: http://bit.ly/tf-html-classroom
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Ways to keep learning
More Structure
Less Structure
More SupportLess Support
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Our instructors help us write, teach, and
improve our workshops & curriculum
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Support 'round the clock
Your Mentor
Q&A Sessions
Career Coach
In-person Workshops
Slack
Program Manager
YouYou
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Our results - guaranteed
Zachary HoltZachary Holt
Web Developer
Sierra GreggSierra Gregg
Software Engineer
JP EarnestJP Earnest
Web Developer
Web Development Bootcamp Jobs Report
93%93%
Grad job-placement rateGrad job-placement rate
$19,855$19,855
Average salary increaseAverage salary increase
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Take a Thinkful tour!
Talk to us now or be on the look out for our email
Get a tour of Thinkful's
program 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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