Farewell

As I walk along the path of Web Design, I have encountered both joys and hardships. The excitement of getting a page to function correctly and the disappointment when the page opens and it is blank or worse.

With this semester coming to a close, I ponder what trial and tribulations I have encountered along the way.

The Zen Garden was so exciting. This assignment showed me not only how important CSS is, but by using CSS correctly you can change how a website looked and how a person can interpret the subject of a website.

Midterm completed and the clock on the computer says it is time to continue down the path of Web Design.

Before I started the second half of this semester, I was in hopes that JavaScript would be an asset to help me design a better website. At this point I am still not sure.

JavaScript, what does that mean? Ok, let’s break this down. When you hear Java, most people think Hot Coffee. Script, this word can go in a couple of different directions like writing, prescriptions, etc.

Ok so now I have hot coffee in my website. Not. JavaScript might be a hot item when I finally get a better grasp of it, but at this point the word script is meaning a prescription to help calm my nerves.

Oh well, no drugs, just a deep breath, get up and walk away for a few and let the brain waves relax and the creative juices start to flow again. Then back at it some more.

I may not completely (maybe not much) understand JavaScript, but I have enjoyed the course completely. A good challenge is always great and this has been a challenge.

I am an online student and one of the downfalls of that is not getting to know your fellow classmates. I would like to say thank you to the students in the class for sharing through your sites, projects and the blogs (which are all great). Thank you Ryan for all of your assistance and courage, and patients. It takes both to teach courses like yours. I would like to thank someone from last semester that told me when I was getting very frustrated that I would do fine. This person wrote and told me, after all, your name on your site is chill, so do just that and chill. This student popped in to say hi at the first of this semester and has been there to assist me through the frustrations of JavaScript. Thank you all.

Now to say farewell and I hope that we cross paths again as we all continue to walk down the path of Web Design (not programming). To the students that are going to graduate this spring I wish you good luck.

Happy Web Designing to everyone and farewell.