Learning to code with Code Nation - Week 3

"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."—Joshua J. Marine

Coding has felt as though it was secondary for the most part this week. We've tested alternate methods of learning for what seems like an inevitable situation ahead. Nevertheless, this week we explored how CSS can be used for animation & the overall design of a webpage.

The basics of HTML/CSS

We began with the fundamentals of CSS & how to connect CSS to a HTML document in VSCode. The first challenge involved replicating a website design from a pdf document using CSS, with the HTML already completed for us. A difficult task but one that tested the understanding of HTML & CSS and gave us the opportunity to work things out independently.

We also covered animations within CSS and created a landing page with 4 buttons and a spinning logo, definitely challenging but come 17:30 on Friday, unbelievably rewarding.

Talks & Events

Next week, CN is hosting a completely free of charge taster session exploring the basics of iOS development at the Manchester campus, details of this event are below:

Monday 16th March - 18:00-20:00 - 19 Spring Gardens, Manchester M2 1FB -

Free Tickets

Code Nation has also paired up with Manchester Digital as a formal partner to its 'Digital Her' program. Together CN & DM will be providing accessible and fully-funded coding scholarships to create more opportunities for women to break into the digital and tech industry.

Applications are now open for Code Nation's 12-week, full-time coding course starting on 30th March! Women In Tech scholarship information - Fully Funded Scholarships

Next Week

Next week we turn our attention back on JavaScript & DOM with a focus on how JavaScript can be connected within HTML. We will also be creating a snake remake game solely in JS & hosting talks by myself & 2 other students in cohort 13!