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nicktu12 / NTeets_Turing Career Development Pre-Work
Last active June 21, 2017 22:35
Nicholas Teets
Career Development Pre-Work
1. The three behaviors I resonate with from "29 Behaviors That Will Make You An Unstoppable Programmer" are: always use the right tool for the job, acknoledge that "I dont know," and move fast and break things. Problems can be solved using easier solutions by using the right tools for the job - a skill I've honed when approaching complex problems. Often more time can be saved by researching the right tool for a problem and implementing that tool versus trying to force a solution with your current toolset. By acknolweding what you don't know, you can begin to learn those things much faster - understanding the bigger picture and approaching the unknown with a sense of direction and confidence will only improve your skills and understanding. Lastly, learning how to accept and correct your mistakes is critically important to developing any skill, as stated in the final behavior. Often times I try to analyze my emotions and thinking patterns from an objective perspecti
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Last active June 26, 2017 13:43

HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites: Chapters 1 & 2

  1. On a website, what is the purpose of HTML code? HTML code describes the structure of a webpage.
  2. What is the difference between an element and a tag? Elements are the characters within two HTML tags. Elements tell the browser something about the information between (usually two) tags. Tags are used to further define the element.
  3. Why do we use attributes in HTML elements? Attributes are used to further define the information of an element, e.g. language.
  4. Describe the purpose of the head, title, and body HTML elements. The head of an HTML document contains information about the page and is not shown on a browser window. The title element will show on the top title of a browser, or within the title of the tab of the page you are viewing. The body is what is displayed on the web page to the user.