Flat Design

This is why for each of them:

• tioluchin – the loading bar on the side of the page

• risotteriamelottinyc – The menu

• aquaceutic – the slanted homepage

• Animation – The sites share an animated aspect, such as interactivity. Sites that involve animations such as mediaelection.com are what would go in this category. These sites appeal to me because, I enjoy the interactivity and find most to be aesthetically pleasing.
• Graphic Design – These sites are all specifically made to be aesthetically pleasing. mediaelection.com is also included in this category because it is very graphically pleasing. The graphic design sites are great for sites that you want to show off your artwork and things of that nature.
• Minimal – This type of website is usually pretty bland, but not so bland, you just leave the site. A good example of this is trefectamobility.com. It has a nice simple design. I like this style because of how simple and sleek it is.

The Five Best Things I have learned about coding.

In no particular order the coding tips I have learned are:

• Characters Encoded – If it is a special character, it’s encoded.
• Hierarchy – Title tags are reserved for real content, and follow a clear hierarchy.
• IDs – Used anytime an element appears only once on the page and cannot be targeted any other way.
• JAVASCRIPT – jQuery (the most beautiful JavaScript library) is served from Google. Only a single JavaScript file is loaded. Both scripts are referenced at the bottom of the page.
• Valid – The markup adheres to W3C validation. Tags are closed, required attributes used, etc.

I have not been doing enough commenting, which I should. Commenting helps clarify bits of code, for someone else, or for yourself. You may have hundreds of lines of code, but if you want one specific bit of coding, your best bet would be to add some commenting.

The two things I needed to look up while learning more about this.

jQuery- as they say on their website,

jQuery is a fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library. It makes things like HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much simpler with an easy-to-use API that works across a multitude of browsers. With a combination of versatility and extensibility, jQuery has changed the way that millions of people write JavaScript.

W3C – The World Wide Consortium is defined as,

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. Led by Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and CEO Jeffrey Jaffe, W3C’s mission is to lead the Web to its full potential. Contact W3C for more information.