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Dreamweaver CC (2017) Classroom in a book

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I'm about to start lesson 3 (CSS Basics) I want to run a parralel website of my own while learning from the book, at what point is it best to start this, at this point? or later?

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Correct answer Nancy OShea

Work through the lessons once, twice or more to get comfortable with the concepts and coding.

Create some practice files to work with by going to File > New > New Document (select type) > Hit Create button.

When you are able to create code manually without referring to the textbook, you're ready to move on to real projects.

Nancy

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December 18, 2017

by the way...

I have nothing to proove... nor defend... nor protect... ... this thread start just because someone say... "Oh well something else 99% of developers don't need to get involved in"... and I answer... "I don't think that because that you don't use it, means that developers don't need it"...

and I never say... no where... that this way or that one is bad...  or wrong... or negative...

I just try to open mind to something else or different...

it strange that most of the feedback try to reduce what I propose... I just propose it... free to you to use it ... or not... but others folks around here can have a different vision...

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September 1, 2017

Work through the lessons once, twice or more to get comfortable with the concepts and coding.

Create some practice files to work with by going to File > New > New Document (select type) > Hit Create button.

When you are able to create code manually without referring to the textbook, you're ready to move on to real projects.

Nancy

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December 17, 2017

Hi Again Nancy,

RE; DW CC 'Classroom in a book' (2017 release)

Can you please clarify what seem like inconsistencies in the book and online version, the narrator distinctly says (page 150, item 7)

quote = type .row(space).nav.navbar-nav(space)>(space)li(space)>(space)a

But on the screen shots of both the book and the online images there are no spaces, as with the screen shot at the the bottom of page 151. The mouse over shows the above code without spaces.

The narrator makes a point of asking to check there are no spaces. (although some are needed)

So how much of a difference will spaces make as I am having a few issues with styling the nav bar?

Thank you

Steve

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December 17, 2017

stevesculptor  wrote

So how much of a difference will spaces make as I am having a few issues with styling the nav bar?

This is very opinionated but it sounds like you are dabbling in Bootstrap which is junk coding, poorly structured and conceived css.

My advice would be to learn css and html then perhaps Bootstrap if you feel its really necessary but dont start by try ing to unravel the Bootstrap css selectors because they are highly toxic to a beginner.

Spaces or no spaces are paramount to if the styling works or not. As l said the Bootstrap coding, particularly the navbar, pills etc is very poorly written requiring bloated and really unnecessarily elongated css selectors.

Stay clear of Bootstrap or any other front end framework come to that if you possibly can, youll be a better and happier coder. It may take a bit longer but the time will be well worth it.

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