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What are some of your biggest challenges with HTML & ...
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Describe what are some of your struggles with HTML and/or CSS. I’ll get it started. For me it is: Semantics and order. I’m new to this industry and I’m trying to learn if people are having the same struggles as I have. ... I’ll get it started. For me it is: Semantics and order. What perspective do you want? ... My biggest struggle is with HTML and remembering all the little semantic elements that I could probably be using. Such as … CSS is also pretty straightforward in terms of styling individual elements. Perhaps the main difficulty arises when using CSS for layouts. This is where you need some experience in how to structure your HTML in a way that makes CSS layouts practical. All too often people pile HTML into their pages almost randomly and then hope that CSS will get them out of a mess, which it often can’t do. … and we need to figure out how to use these correctly. Have you dug into HTML5? ... I confess that my biggest benefit with HTML 5 is that the I don’t have to write all long paragraph with the DOCTYPE information… that was a pain I don’t take advantage of the new features. I should take the time to read the whole thing again. I did when it came out, then I used the same elements I did before (sometimes, because those elements where not really usefull, to new for the browsers and sometimes because I felt it was like going back to old HTML bad habits) and… well, never used them as I should. … and things like that. Not even mentioning the canvas I confess that I never even memorized it LOL! I copy/pasted it Every. Single. Time. I did the same. Well, I had a few templates with the DOCTYPE included. Still, it was a pain Flexbox is challenging. Everything else is pretty straight forward … Yes, I watched those a few months ago and found them useful. The trouble is that until I start using flexbox daily I keep forgetting the finer details. lol - Some days I feel like I know nothing I struggle using templates such as foundation… I realize they’re there to make life easier, but I find them hard to use sometimes…
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