Practising HTML

In the second tutorial, we had a really good introduction in writing HTML and the importance of CSS.
It didn't take that long to get the hang of interpreting the HTML codes, although we were working with the more simple HTML terms. It was really cool, writing the HTML, then refreshing FireFox, and watching as the site came together.
During the previous lecture discussing HTML and CSS, I didn't completely understand the use of CSS. But with the example it was easy to tell how CSS worked, with the labeling/grouping of the of the HTML terms, to match with the rules outlined in the CSS. Sure that sounds completely crazy, but hopefully anyone that has somewhat dabbled with HTML and CSS will understand my previous sentence.
Without adding CSS to the HTML the website is extremely basic and resembles more of a word document then an actual website of today's standard. But when adding CSS to the HTML, the website changed completely to resemble something that would actually be located on the net. It was fun to change the colours and font on CSS, and watch as my own designed website came to life. I now more clearly understand the importance of CSS in creating the appearance of the site, instead of doing this all in HTML. Without CSS, all the features like font size, colour etc would have to be written in HTML, making it more complicated to read and harder to change.

wasted time, wasted time not...

The highlight of today’s lecture would have been the fact that I drove all the way out to Bruce for a lecture that only went for half an hour. Without feeling like I have wasted petrol and thus contributing to global warming, I get comfort in the fact that I learnt HTML and CSS. My last experience would have been a very, very, very basic introduction back in year nine IT class, being four years ago I remember absolutely nothing. I would be lying if I said I didn’t learn anything because I did, although if I were to ask to build a website using HTML and CSS, my head would likely explode. So I’m hoping that in tutes we will further develop or learning of these two things that seem pivotal in passing the course.