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DIG 245 Critical Web Design

2-2Doctype and paths

Sep 2

📌 Complete before class

  • 📌Hello World!
  • 📚 Module 1.2 File Paths & Version Control (33–39)
  • 📚 Module 1.3 GitHub Codespaces (40–43)
Learning Objectives
  1. Explain the difference between a directory index and an explicit index.html reference in a URL, and apply consistent naming conventions.
  2. Validate a finished HTML page using validator.w3.org and resolve any reported errors.
  3. Share a finished project with a peer for feedback and articulate one remaining question about the material.

🛠 Demo - Doctype, meta tags, URLs

Section titled “🛠 Demo - Doctype, meta tags, URLs”

Demo HTML-3:

  • URLS and naming conventions
  • Directory index vs index.html
  • HTML comments
  • Looking up documentation: MDN and W3Schools

👉 Work during class

Section titled “👉 Work during class”
  1. Finish your Hello World! project in class.
  2. Validate your live HTML page at validator.w3.org.
  3. If you are finished consider experimenting with CSS.
  4. Share with a partner for feedback
  5. What is one question you have after completing the first prompt / assignment? Post in Slack with the link to your finished project.

📌 Homework