Assignment 5

The name of my list is Generation Millennials.
My user name is MAJ66

http://upitt01-staff.kwc.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/virtualshelves/shelves.pl?viewshelf=118

Week Nine Comments

http://skdhuth.blogspot.com/2010/11/unit-9-notes.html?showComment=1289059334793#c3457758995440906417

http://nrampsblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/unit-9-reading-notes.html?showComment=1289059518740#c4343782389496826401

http://pittlis2600.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-nine-reading-notes.html?showComment=1289059764111#c6555875681434156762

http://dougappich-informationtechnology.blogspot.com/2010/11/notes-for-116.html?showComment=1289059926739#c8705482690927453432

Introducing XML--Week 9 readings

Wow!  These articles are getting more and more difficult.  I feel like I'm getting nowhere with some of these readings.  What made the most sense to me after looking at all the articles for this week is that XML is not a standard way of coding text, since it would be impossible to find a way that would work with all languages, but rather a way to pass documents from one computer to another, keeping the structure intact.  If I've gotten this wrong, I hope someone can clear it up for me.  I thought the W3 schools article was the easiest to understand, but there is a lot missing in my basic foundation for these articles to be truly comprehensible.

Muddiest Point--Week 8

I have no muddiest point this week. I have been unable to watch the lecture because I have been without Internet service since Tuesday.

CSS Tutorial

I am amazed that the W3 School is willing to provide this information for free.  While this infomation is interesting, I cannot imagine myself creating a Web page using HTML and CSS.  Isn't there an easier way?  Oh wait, I just looked at assignment 6:  HTML authoring:  My 2600 page.  I guess I'll have to rethink my earlier assertion.  It looks like I will be creating a Web page with HTML afterall.

HTML Cheatsheet

Most of the comments posted on the Web site were very positive, but I noticed that some of the tags that were given were identified as out of date on the W3schools Web site, and the cheatsheet is only 8 months old.  Is XHTML going to dramatically change the codes for Web page design, or will old codes continue to work?

W3Schools HTML Tutorial

I'm not sure I ever needed to know that much about html, but I was surprised to learn it is very straightforward and dare I say, easy to understand.  I can't see myself actually doing it, but I think I could.  I do have one question--what is the point of the HTML comments if they are not displayed?  I didn't understand who the comments are important to.  The tutorial says the comments make the code "more readable and understandable" but I don't know how that is true if you can't see them.