CSS Cardio

Maria Kristina Salada — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:56:29 +0000

I took the CSS Grid course on the 19th day of March. I downloaded first all of the videos and study repeatedly offline. I tweeted updates regarding my progress on Twitter (see here). I didn't study everyday because I have some things to do and finally today, I finished the course.

On the 11th video, there's the Spanning and Placing Cardio.

Spanning and Placing Cardio

<div class="container">
    <div class="item item1">1</div>
    <div class="item item2">2</div>
    <div class="item item3">3</div>
    <div class="item item4">4</div>
    <div class="item item5">5</div>
    <div class="item item6">6</div>
    <div class="item item7">7</div>
    <div class="item item8">8</div>
    <div class="item poop">💩</div>
    <div class="item item9">9</div>
    <div class="item item10">10</div>
    <div class="item item11">11</div>
    <div class="item item12">12</div>
    <div class="item item13">13</div>
    <div class="item item14">14</div>
    <div class="item item15">15</div>
    <div class="item item16">16</div>
    <div class="item item17">17</div>
    <div class="item item18">18</div>
    <div class="item item19">19</div>
    <div class="item item20">20</div>
    <div class="item item21">21</div>
    <div class="item item22">22</div>
    <div class="item item23">23</div>
    <div class="item item24">24</div>
    <div class="item item25">25</div>
    <div class="item item26">26</div>
    <div class="item item27">27</div>
    <div class="item item28">28</div>
    <div class="item item29">29</div>
    <div class="item item30">30</div>
</div>
<style>
    .container {
      display: grid;
      grid-gap: 20px;
      /* Make the grid 10 columns wide, every other taking up twice the free space */

      /* Make the grid have 10 explicit rows, 50px high each */

    }

    /* With Item 1, start at col 3 and go until 5 */

    /* With Item 2, start at col 5 and go until the end */

    /* Make Item 5 double span 2 cols and rows */

    /* Make Item 8 two rows high */

    /* Make Item 15 span the entire grid width */

    /* Make item 18 span 4 widths, but end 9 */

    /* Make item 20 start at row 4 and go for 3 */
  </style>

My Answer

I paused the video and answered it. Here's my answer:

/* Maria Kristina Salada - 04-05-2020 */
    .container {
      display: grid;
      grid-gap: 20px;
      /* Make the grid 10 columns wide, every other taking up twice the free space */
      grid-template-columns: repeat(10, 2fr);
      /* Make the grid have 10 explicit rows, 50px high each */
      grid-template-rows: repeat(10, 50px);
    }

    /* With Item 1, start at col 3 and go until 5 */
    .item1 { grid-column: 3 / 5; }
    /* With Item 2, start at col 5 and go until the end */
    .item2 { grid-column: 5 / -1; }
    /* Make Item 5 double span 2 cols and rows */
    .item5 { grid-column: span 2; grid-row: span 2; }
    /* Make Item 8 two rows high */
    .item8 { grid-row: span 2; }
    /* Make Item 15 span the entire grid width */
    .item15 { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
    /* Make item 18 span 4 widths, but end 9 */
    .item18 { grid-column: span 4 / 9; }
    /* Make item 20 start at row 4 and go for 3 */
    .item20 { grid-row: 4 / span 3; }

Correct Answer

Here's the correct answer:

.container {
      display: grid;
      grid-gap: 20px;
      /* Make the grid 10 columns wide, every other taking up twice the free space */
      grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr 2fr);

      /* Make the grid have 10 explicit rows, 50px high each */
      grid-template-rows: repeat(10, 50px);
    }

    /* With Item 1, start at col 3 and go until 5 */

    .item1 {
      grid-column: 3 / 5;
    }

    /* With Item 2, start at col 5 and go until the end */

    .item2 {
      grid-column: 5 / -1;
    }

    /* Make Item 5 double span 2 cols and rows */

    .item5 {
      grid-column: span 2;
      grid-row: span 2;
    }

    /* Make Item 8 two rows high */

    .item8 {
      grid-row: span 2;
    }

    /* Make Item 15 span the entire grid width */

    .item15 {
      grid-column: 1 / -1;
    }

    /* Make item 18 span 4 widths, but end 9 */

    .item18 {
      grid-column: span 4 / 9;
    }

    /* Make item 20 start at row 4 and go for 3 */

    .item20 {
      grid-row: 4 / span 3;
    }

I only got one wrong answer. The codes are really different but result is almost the same.

Previews

Thanks to

Thanks to Wes Bos, the teacher for the course and to Mozilla for that free course about CSS Grid. You can also take the course. I recommended it for learning CSS Grid because it's fun and informative. Just go to cssgrid.io and sign up.

It's Okay To Try Again

Maria Kristina Salada — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:25:41 +0000

It's been a month now since I've started the HarvardX: CS50W (CS50's Web Programming With Python and JavaScript), or simply CS50W, course on January 20th this year. I've finished the Lecture 0: Git and Lecture 1: HTML, CSS on the 21st and started doing the Project 0: Homepage, the very first project of this course, on the 22nd day. I decided to make a personal portfolio website with a blog about me and the web. Since then, I'm both studying HTML, CSS, Bootstrap and SASS, and apply it on my website. I still making it until now. I thought of, finally submitting it today. It's my goal for this week but unfortunately, not.

While I'm recording a screencast for my project website, I discovered its errors. There's a button that is not working properly, some parts that are not responsive, and so on. I just comforted myself by saying, "It's okay. Take your time." Since the objective of this project is for me to "Become more comfortable with HTML and CSS to design and style webpages" and "Learn to use SCSS to write more complex stylesheets for [my] webpages", I am very comforted. I'm a bit angry to myself because I already have history of HTML and CSS from school but I think I really have to dig in to it, and I do believe the saying, "Basic is important." It's so important that I have to really study it and this will also a preparation for the future.

I have requirements to fulfill and I don't want to submit a project that I think was not worthy for Harvard. Harvard and EdX are big names. So for now, I'll continue working for my project and improve it, and learn at the same time. There's no better way of learning than practicing, right?

Fighting! Godspeed everyone.