by Elisabeth Robson | Jul 12, 2016 | blog, JavaScript, Programming, Web
We’ve completed beta testing our second project and are now preparing to launch! Just like Project 1, A Generative Music Box will help you practice your JavaScript programming skills. What is it? If you’ve ever played with the Bloom app on your iOS device,...
by Elisabeth Robson | Jun 16, 2016 | beginner, blog, Video, Web
In a previous post I showed the features of the Safari and Chrome consoles. Here, I do the same for the Firefox console, which has many similar features, as well as a couple of features unique to Firefox. This is a great way to get comfortable in all the major browser...
by Elisabeth Robson | Jun 13, 2016 | beginner, blog, Video
Chrome and Safari both allow you to edit and experiment with your HTML and CSS right in the browser. The tools and features available in both these browsers have expanded considerably in the past couple of years, giving developers many more options for experimenting...
by Elisabeth Robson | May 7, 2014 | blog, JavaScript, JSVideo, Teaser Video, Video
The Document Object Model (DOM) The secret to getting your web pages to do your bidding with code is to use JavaScript to manipulate the Document Object Model, or DOM. The DOM is an upside-down tree-like structure that the browser uses to represent your web page...
by Elisabeth Robson | Dec 28, 2013 | Beginner's Mind, blog, Reader Question
A reader of Head First HTML and CSS wrote in today to ask about web fonts. Web fonts is a fairly new feature supported by browsers that allows you to include non-standard fonts in your web page. It works like this: you specify the font you want in your CSS using the...
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