CS Hub ePortfolio Workshops

Welcome!

Over here, you will find information and shared resources for the ePortfolio workshops that CS Hub is hosting @ York University on the winter of 2016

We will be covering the basics (and sometimes advanced topics) of front-end web development, with emphasis on tools and technologies which you can use to easily create an online portfolio. The series are broken into 3 workshops, each with its own topics. We will keep you updated (dates, rooms, topics, etc.) through this page, so make sure to bookmark it.

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Updates

• Now that workshop 1 is done, you can find information about it inside the folder (conveniently named) "Workshop1". We hope that the workshop was useful, and wish to see you in workshop 2!
• Location and time set for workshop 2! check the details below.
• Information, sample documents, and links for workshop 2 is up inside "Workshop2" folder. Check it out!
• Location and time set for workshop 3! check the details below.
• Workshop 3 is done! and with it, we wrap up the series. We hope that everyone learned something, and we look forward to seeing you in future events

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Q & A

Q Who are the targeted audience of these workshops?
A Generally speaking, anyone who likes to code. More specifically, YorkU students in a computer programming major.

Q Are there any prerequisites (knowledge-wise)?
A Know your way around a computer as a user, have a text editor and a browser, and be passionate about computer programming. That's all you gonna need.

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The Workshops

Workshop 1 (The Basics)

Where? 217 Bergeron Centre.
When? 5:00pm on Thursday, Feb. 11th 2016
What to bring? Your enthusiasm, curiosity, and questions regarding the topics below. Laptops are optional for this workshop, as we will have a discussion-style setup.

Topics

• Terminology & Theory:
  • Why bother making an eResume/ePortfolio?
  • What to include?
  • Browsers & Websites
  • Front-end vs Back-end
  • Markup vs Programming languages
  • The holy trinity (HTML, CSS, JS)
• HTML Code:
  • Document Skeleton
  • Cool new additions in HTML5
• Links & Resources (to keep you busy through reading week)

Workshop 2 (Style Sheets, Style Sheets Everywhere!)

Where? 217 Bergeron Centre.
When? 5:00pm on Thursday, Feb. 25th 2016
What to bring? Your enthusiasm, curiosity, and questions. Laptops are highly recommended for this workshop, as we will explore some code samples and write some of our own.

Topics

• Basics of CSS:
  • The syntax
  • Ways to include CSS in your document
  • Basic properties
  • Basic Selectors
• The fun parts (Mostly in CSS3):
  • Font faces
  • Animations
  • Media queries (Responsive design)
• CSS frameworks

Workshop 3 (Bootstrap to the Rescue)

Where? 217 Bergeron Centre.
When? 5:00pm on Thursday, Mar. 3rd 2016
What to bring? Your enthusiasm, curiosity, and questions. Laptops are highly recommended for this workshop, as we will explore some code samples and write some of our own. We will also provide some 1-on-1 help with any code you've already written for your own portfolio. If you feel comfortable, we can discuss your ePortfolio ideas and questions with everyone (after all, it's a collaborative workshop where the goal is to benifit everyone).

Topics

• Boostrap3:

  • The grid system
    • Containers
    • Rows
    • Columns
  • Components
    • Navbar as a header and a footer
    • Official documentation

• How to get your website on the internet

  • Domain names
  • Web hosting

• Q&A and discussion

• One-on-One help

   
   
   

Please note that all the information here is tentative and subject to change at any time without notice. i.e check this page frequently.

 

We sincerely hope that you enjoyed the workshops. Don't hesitate to give us your feedback (or compliments)

 
Marwan Alani - CS Hub - 2016
[email protected]