Class 4

In Class

Github: We will point subdomain to your repository.

I will lecture about CSS Selectors, and we will have an in-class exercise.

Then you will continue working on the Project 2.

Lectures

CSS selectors

Project 2 Demo

Due Next Week (Feb 20)

Reading

Responsive Web Design by Ethan Marcotte (May 2010)

This piece represents important web history: it’s the blog post where the term ‘responsive design’ was coined. Read it for some historical context, but do not take any of the code examples at face-value. Most of them are outdated. In fact, you can stop reading before the section ‘Adapt, respond, and overcome.’

Project 2

  • After watching all demo lectures, revise your mobile CSS code from scratch starting with these files.
  • Also code the desktop view. Note that you’re jumping ahead here again. Next class, I will show how I would code the desktop view. You will need to employ media queries, like so:
    @media screen and (min-width: 850px) {
    /* desktop css here */
    }

In Preparation for Project 3

Project 3 (starting in a few week 6) will require you to interview an IxD ArtCenter student who are in their 7th or 8th term. For now I want you to do two things:

  • Contact a student who you want to interview. Schedule an a time with them from now until the end of week 6. Interview them. You will need their answers in a written format.
  • Come up with 10 questions to ask them. A few to get you started:
    • Why did you decide to study at Art Center?
    • What’s your favorite gallery/museum in Los Angeles?
    • What was the most important class you took at Art Center so far?
    • What projects are you working on right now?

Show & Tell

Share a web discovery in the #show-and-tell Slack channel and give a short presentation in the beginning of class. This could be an article, a tool, or a coding technique you just discovered, or an inspiring website.

Next week: Younhee & Gloria