Web Authoring (DCFE)

QQI Level 5 Web Authoring, Dundrum College of Further Education, 2023–24.

Winter Term Topics

Databases as requested: Google Colab — Databases Intro

SQLite practice: Google Colab — SQLite Practice

• Sample Database Project (V1)
• Sample Database Project (V2)
• ipywidgets — connecting code to forms with Python

Tools We Explored

• Figma
• GitHub Pages / Glitch
• Jupyter Notebooks
• Website builders: Jekyll, WordPress, Hugo

Planning for Project

See: Planning for Assignment

Assignment Brief

Please look at Moodle for up-to-date information.

Class Goals for November and December

1. Finish whatever HTML/CSS tutorial you are working through. If you can do flexbox, you are ahead of the game!
2. Draft project and assignment brief in November, with submission of assignment before new year and submission of project in the new year.
3. Inspiration: we will look at a few channels and resources for how to get inspired to build cool stuff. (Mostly December.)

GitHub Pages: https://pages.github.com/

Fun resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO83KQuuZvg&t=1003s

Online Resources

• Codecademy (HTML and CSS courses, including Advanced CSS): https://www.codecademy.com/catalog/language/html-css
• freeCodeCamp: https://www.freecodecamp.org/
  • See also: The Odin Project via freeCodeCamp or https://www.theodinproject.com/paths/foundations/courses/foundations
• CSS Grid Garden
• Flexbox Froggy
• MDN — Learn HTML
• MDN — HTML Reference
  • HTML Basics
  • CSS Basics
• For the website project: Glitch or GitHub Pages
• How modern JavaScript frameworks work — by building one

Extra Adventures

TypeScript

• Learn TypeScript — Scrimba
• Learn TypeScript — Codecademy