A quick summary of the course aims, to be given at the beginning of the first session.
- not how to put up a basic website
- many options weebly or wordpress
- those are great at what they do but you'll never be able to go further
- aim of this course is to introduce you to the underlying technologies so you can build upon them
- ... in particular in the course next term
- will learn HTML, CSS and git
- you probably have an idea of what HTML and CSS are either from previous experience or the preparation exercises
- lightly unusual to learn git now - so why?
- version control
- smallest basic thing you would use to be of use to a startup
- either as intern
- or CEO with a CTO
- allow you to contribute without bothering a coder
- by end of term you will be in this position where you can do this. You will
- know how to put up a basic website (hand coded)
- know how to understand how other websites work and make tweaks and changes
- not teach you everything
- that's up to you
- we're going to help you learn
- value is in the help we can give you
- please keep up!