Ideal workflow to start a new site from a blank canvas?

Bradley Collins — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 21:35:45 +0000

I am trying not to go back into tutorial purgatory and have been working from scratch on new projects.

In order to up my HTML and CSS skills, I found a website (made in Wordpress) that I am attempting to mimic with HTML, SCSS, and JS.

My first thought is, why don't I get all of the content marked up in HTML first and then I can tackle the CSS to make it look like the original. This started off well enough, but as I scrolled through the example site, I realized the page is SUPER long and has a lot of different sections/content.

Now looking back at all the HTML I wrote and my CSS-less page, I'm wondering if this workflow is correct, wrong, or just plain confusing.

Is there a standard way of starting projects that are used in a production environment?

Did I just make my life/learning more difficult by not styling each section on the way down the page? I feel like I can do it, but now with the sheer amount of HTML I have, it looks like it's going to take a hot minute to style.

Any tips/advice on workflow (Am I even using the right word here?) for starting new projects from scratch?

Looking back at everything I did, all I can think in the back of my head is:

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Purge or Keep old, unfinished projects in GitHub?

Bradley Collins — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:10:24 +0000

Context: I started learning to code off and on a few years ago and only now am I really digging in and trying to make a career switch.

With that, I have GitHub repositories over a year old with unfinished projects I started when I really didn't know what I was doing.

What should I do with these repositories? Should I delete them and pretend they never existed? Should I keep them as trophies/reminders of where I came from?

If a recruiter/interviewer saw these repositories, would they give me the stink eye?

What I am thinking:

Update the ReadMe files to explain the project (they are empty right now D:)
Figure out if I want to finish any of them and then get them on a schedule to make sure I finish
Any projects I plan on not finishing, make sure I explain why in the ReadMe

Or,

I just delete them and never look back.

Disclaimer: This is my first Dev.to post. If my tags are wrong, the format is gross, I am open to any feedback/advice posting.

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Ideal workflow to start a new site from a blank canvas?

Purge or Keep old, unfinished projects in GitHub?