It is the true teacher who leaves the class knowing they have learned the most.
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Hey some of us just refused to give up on the emacs VS VI argument it is what it is if it works and you know the code who's going to know if they don't look over your shoulder ;-)
There is a very strong sociological Theory that's getting critical mass of evidence behind it that shows having too many choices of anything will cause people to either freeze and not make a choice or choose what's familiar even though it's not necessarily easier or better f y i
This was the definition of community when we had the web standards project alive and well and living until I did the stupid thing and stuff down and people decided their work was done as if LOL
I agree with that and add stop over using anything not clearly specified before adopting Frameworks of any kind or too many apis everywhere or generated HTML learn the code please first then you will be more empowered.
So you're saying that making sites accessible meaningful usable searchable portable interoperable content-rich you know all that stuff the web as defined is supposed to do is secondary? I'm asking this perfectly honestly although my tongue is in my cheek ;-)
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It depends on what you're learning when the term code is in use. Some code can require serious use of mathematics. It just depends on the language and the application of that language.
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When you studied CSS proper did you use specifications, books what were the resources and how did you learn? I'm interested in knowing as an educator. Did you go full on Cascade and details of the language structure. What about HTML same question in terms of how you learned?
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You are seriously making me giggle that's very funny I like the honesty. And I agree if you're going to use a CSS framework, preprocessor or mixin approach knowing actual CSS beforehand is really a far better way to learn and do great work.
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Hahaha I like that answer it's honest! Good for you. I really used to love CSS. I don't develop for websites anymore I do use code samples in books articles talks that sort of thing. Not a fan of Frameworks but here they are I would prefer people use them after learning vanilla
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Semantic HTML as a term can be redundant as well as incorrectly labeled and therefore weakening the meaning of an element. an ordered list used correctly makes the term redundant. Div has meaning but it is weak meaning as it's overused or needs class or ID attributes for clarity.
I am a very staunch advocate of real CSS and I'm not too happy with some of the upcoming modules. I was on the working group for CSS 2, 2.1 and part of 3.0. Not a fan of Tailwind but would like to hear more about your interest and passion for it maybe I'll understand better.
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Me and Porter glendinning wrote a book on movable type before WordPress. I've known Matt so long I'm loyal despite accessibility issues. given Frameworks, apis, monocultures and hate of HTML and CSS? Cookie agreement pop-ups, ads, autoplay everywhere carousels? D evolution
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If you study the branch of linguistics and semantics known as lexical semantics and happen to be hyperlexic like me the term semantic HTML might cause extreme nausea. If you can explain why you get a gold star!
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It makes sense absolutely when we're talking about the Art and Science of accessibility. I'm getting far more on the idea however if we're going to move it from ticky-tacky tack it on later to the place accessibility begins and that is with content.
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If something has to be a right or a privilege that means that it either has to be legally enforced or economically driven in some way. I don't buy it no pun intended okay yes pun intended LOL I would drop the word for web all together and use quality assurance
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The only barriers would be cognitive failures and Dementia or Alzheimer's that is severe enough to interfere with learning. My mother had brain cancer and a surgery afterwards that kind of gave her a groundhog day problem where she could not make new memories. Learning is forever
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I am a born XX once quite overweight I am now in normal weight and I have a feminine physique and general appearance but have been told I'm just like a man all my life. That's when I use my Infamous left hook;-)
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Not really strange everybody learns differently. Putting yourself into darkness is a technique that actually slows down your physical metabolism which may make you you feel more comfortable perhaps. You also may be under selling yourself. I think you learn very quickly Viet!
I'm going to book and that with if you are at the end of your career close to retirement or already semi-retired the same thing is still true unless you are not able to function at all but for me I'm learning all kinds of new things
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