Functions allow us to write several lines of code, and abstract it out into a function. With a single line, the function name we can call those multiple lines of code. The function may be called at different times in our code, or just called once. The code within a function can be any valid…
When you work with loops in Python, you’ll find life is easier if you know some of these tips. Simplifying Math The book calls this first tip Augmented Operators. Other languages refer to it as shortcut math. Either way, the result is the same. Quite often, you will be working with a variable and you…
If you go through Amazon, or a book store and find their art and design section, you can find lots of books on design. Some may have 6, 8, or even a dozen different design principles. Most of those books are designed for designers, who are looking to making something look nice. I want to…
Repetition structures, or loops, allow a statement, or set of statements to run repeatedly. As we’ve mentioned before, computers are stupid. They are bad at doing complex things, and in order to do something complex, you have to break it down into its simplest forms. However, what they are good at, is doing lots of…
Building your navigation is immensely important to any website, whether it is a single page, or a multi-page behemoth. Bootstrap’s navbar is responsive , and supports branding, navigation, search and more. Some basic info from Bootstrap’s site about Navbar, that you might want/need to know. Navbars require a wrapping .navbar with .navbar-expand{-sm|-md|-lg|-xl} for responsive collapsing…
Bootstrap works on the idea of containers and columns for it’s basic layout. Containers are the most basic layout element in Bootstrap and are required when using the default grid system. You can nest containers, but most people don’t find this necessary. You can choose from a responsive, fixed-width container where its max-width changes at each breakpoint (the…
Based upon our previous homework assignments, you can see that we’ve been working on (re)creating a mobile friendly website for a local/small business. In the first homework, we picked the company and created site user personas, then we created a site map and initial navigation, and finally the template for the site and the homepage….
Based upon the previous homework assignments of picking a local business and building your site map and navigation, you will now build your template. Using the Bootstrap front-end framework, build a mobile friendly template and homepage for your project. This will help you in finishing out your project. You are to construct a completed template…
