With the recent release of Internet Explorer 8 and the even more recent announcement that the browser will be included in Windows Updates, the issue of Internet Explorer 6 rears it’s ugly head again. As people within the web industry we know all about the issues we face surrounding IE6 and have done for a while now, but will this latest release see the end of IE6 or will it be hanging around for a while yet.
After a browse of my RSS reader this afternoon, I came across this post from net tuts+ and as someone who has recently completed year one of university it was an interesting read. The article discusses the benefits and drawbacks of attending university to learn web development and includes real-life experiences of people who went to university to study computing.
Overall the article is positive about university attendance although not just from the perspective of learning the techniques to become a web designer or developer, but also from other aspects such as the social side and the broadening of horizons that university can bring.
Well yesterday was effectively the end of my first year at University, and I suppose now would be a good time to look back and reflect on it as a whole. The reason I chose to come to Abertay was that after completing my Foundation Degree at Park Lane the options available at Leeds Met were less than appealing. Out of the two options were a Computing degree or a degree in Information Systems which did not excite me one bit. I want to learn about the web and move into the web design field and the content of those courses contained very little if any web related content. The computing degree was all about the technical aspects of computers whereas the information systems degree focussed on computers in a business sense.
After some research, I decided on the degree at Abertay and overall I’ve enjoyed my first year here. My marks for my first year have been very good I think with 1 C grade, 1 B grade and the rest have all been A’s which pleased me. Of course I’m well aware that the first year is only the very beginning and the honours project will be a million miles away from this year but a good start none the less.
The most pleasing pieces of work that I handed were the two websites that I produced which both received top marks as this is what I really want to do once I graduate and also helped me learn a few new things whilst creating them. The second site that I produced also saw me dabble in using JQuery for the first time which was enjoyable if a little confusing to start with! I have little experience of JavaScript and will need to take a much closer look over the next few months before I can understand it more. One of our modules next year is web scripting which will include JavaScript work so that should help.
Overall it’s been a good year and I’m looking forward to next year.