Well I’m now into my fourth week here in Dundee, and I suppose now would be a good time to document the experience and my thoughts so far on University life.
I’ve now almost had three weeks of teaching and overall things are going well so far I think with all four of my modules this term. The four modules are:
Programming
Personal Web Pages
Web Fundamentals
Personal Study Skills
It is now over seven years since the 6th version of Microsoft’s Web Browser was launched, and it is still popular today for some reason, although this is mainly with large organisations and some education centres. With the recent release of Firefox 3 it is plain to see how far browsers have progressed in the past seven years, and with Google now joining the party with their Chrome release there is much to be said for the browser business today.
As any web developer will know, trying to create aesthetically pleasing sites which fit into all these browsers is a challenge, with Internet Explorer 6 being the worst of the lot due to the way that it handles code and styles. As a beginner, I’ve had little experience of altering a site specifically in order to suit Internet Explorer 6 (lucky me!). Large organisations are often the last to change software due to perceived security issues but I feel that the time has come for us to help them along by refusing to cater for IE 6 users anymore, and if the majority of developers do likewise then slowly but surely Internet Explorer 6’s market share will begin to drop completely.
Do you support Internet Explorer 6?
Well the time has come for a site re-design I feel. Although the site was only launced in May, I feel that with my impending return to Scotland to start my degree at Abertay University that it is time to re-design the site before I start my course.
I still like the concept of this current design as being a “working desk” but I just feel that it’s not quite working as well as I had hoped and that I just feel that instead of tweaking the original concept I will try a change of design. It will take a few weeks in order to complete but should be completed and live by the end of August.
Watch this space!
In a follow up to my previous post about reference materials, I’m on the lookout for a PHP reference that will teach me the basics of this server side language. It is undoubtedly one of the most popular languages today and as such I feel it is important to swot up a bit this summer.
It will be a topic that is covered when I go to University in Dundee this summer, but I’d be interested in using some PHP in a personal project this summer before I go. Nothing fancy, but just so I’m able to understand the principles. I already have this book which I’m slowly working through, and I’ve recently discovered this tutorial site which I will take a look at, but wondered if there were any other recommendations that people have?
Drupal
Wordpress
MacBook Pro iPhone
Photoshop CS3