Code Academy - Learning how to create websites

From Rediscovering last, year I found that I wanted to learn more digital skills, the reason for this is because I discovered that I was important to have a wide skill set range even if some areas are not your area if interest. This year I’ve also wanted to create my own website and also, I’ve had clients ask me. So because of this I decided to take time on learning coding. I did this by using code academy and word press.

Code Academy is an education company. But not one in the way you might think. They are commited to building the best learning experiance inside and out, making Codeacadmey the best place to learn, teach and create online learning exerpiance of the future.

Codeing is not easy, however once you start to learn it get easier, this is something that i will continue to learn and expand on during my career. So far I have learnt, how to make buttons, change colours of moving text, change the name of text, and shape, I've also adapted my skills into websites below is an image of when I first started codeing, learning the basics. 

The first website I design i ever created was for a project in school and it's embarssing to show however it shows how i've progressed using codeing skills. 

Horrific you can say the least, but at the time I was incredibly happy with myself, not for the design aspects, as the design aspects were horrifc,it was more to do with being able to create button's you can click on and be interactive with, I found great trouble in learning how to create interactive buttons so when I cracked it when I was younger I was very proud and pleased with myself, I may not have had the design skills at the time but, I was learning the technical mechanics behind it all. Learning the technical parts, will also open job oppertunities and help make my job search wider.

For over the past three years at univeristy I have being working heavily on websites and even created sites for clients and currently still working on sites for clients and will always be. The images below are of My Self Branding sites, & concepts. 

Self branding Live site

https://www.evedesign.org

Current Design Projects 

   Client Website 

As you can see from the first website I ever designed i have learnt a lot in terms of design, and intereactivity. Main thing I have learnt when it comes to codeing is that it's important to take your time and not rush as it's worth the wait and the more time you take to learn more knowledge you will take in, which will benefit in the future. Learning codeing has been incredibly difficult and also fun at the same time, I like a challange and I did want to learn how to be more digitial in my practice, codeing is something that I will continue to take with me in to the future and adapt even more as times goes on. 

The next phase of intereaction design I want to get myself involved with is Motion Graphics, which is something I've also experimented with in more recent projects using After effects, from learning codeing i've been able to transfer skills from manipulating text into motion graphics, I've always wanted to create moving type so creating this project has really given me a chance to experiement. This is something that is continueing to be an on going project. 

Further Details Of projects on this blog post will be placed on there individual blog posts