17
Apr, 2020

Last Days [L15 / L16]

WEB287 – Portfolio Final

Portfolio Draft v1

The next two weeks will be dedicated purely to refining, completing and submitting all your submittables for the semester.  You will be receiving feedback on your final project this week.  Please review this feedback and work on addressing any issues that might have been noted.  This feedback is meant to help you create the best best final product possible.

  • Objectives  
    • Complete and submit Blog
    • Revise, complete and submit final project portfolio Website
  • To be completed  
    1. Submit your blog 
    2. Revise your final project, incorporating feedback
    3. Submit completed and revised final project

Final Project

Blog

due: 11:59pm, May 7th

due: 11:59pm, May 11th

Big Interview

URL: http://waketech.biginterview.com/

Big Interview can help you learn and practice your interview skills, whether you’re interviewing for a job or graduate school.

Wake Tech Career Coach

URL: https://waketech.emsicareercoach.com/Career

Career Coach is designed to help you find a good career by providing the most current local data on wages, employment, job postings, and associated education and training.

Final Project Submission Area

Upload your work to the wcet3 server 
Upload your work to an external server (i.e. www.yourname.com).   
Submit both links to the discussion board
Attach your design document to your discussion post
Provide feedback to at least two other students. 

Due: 11:59pm, May 7th

Blog Submission Area

Submit the blog you have been working on over the course of the semester to the assigned discussion area.  You will be holistically graded on relevance, quality and quantity of your posts. Review and reply to the submissions of at least two others. 

Due: 11:59pm, May 11th

27
Feb, 2020

Design Document

WebMRose Online Portfolio and the Design Document

Background to the Site

Please include a brief background of your skills and the specific skills (i.e. design, programming, etc) you’re seeking to showcase for your audience.

If you are doing a redesign, you must include a link to the original site here, as well as information related to the redesign (when was it originally created, by whom, why the redesign, etc.).

Goals

I am looking for answers to your basic set of questions here, such as:

  • What is the goal or purpose of your site? (i.e. Advertising yourself online, show potential employers, showcase specific programming skills, showcase design skills, etc.)
  • Who are the intended audiences?
  • Who are your potential employers?
  • Who within the company might be visiting your site?
  • Will you need to demonstrate your skills to a techie person or non-techie? How might you address this?
  • Why specifically will people come to your site?

Audience Definition

– Includes but may not limited to…

  • WHO are the users (tip: refer back to your intended audiences list),
  • What are their goals and objectives,
  • What technology they will use to access the site.

Flowchart

Include the architectural flowchart for your site, breaking down the site’s organizational scheme.

Features List

Site’s Features / Element that draw attention/showcase your abilities.

13
Feb, 2020

MRose Cover letter

Cover Letter

<div>
<p>HELLO</p>
</div>

HELLO

Hello Human Resource Manager,

The posting for a Junior Graphic/Web Designer has caught my attention! My background appears to parallel your needs. I am highly motivated with challenges and work fast under pressure. My unique layout style, web / graphic experience and knowledge would be an asset to your company. As my attached resume and online portfolio demonstrates, the open position is a perfect match for my communication, web and graphic design experience. I continue to prove myself as an intelligent take-charge team player with the ability to coordinate diversified departmental and customer support functions.

  • Accustomed to deadline driven environments
  • Career minded and highly motivated
  • Intelligent take-charge team player
  • Manage multiple projects at one time
  • Experienced in functional design and layout 
  • Communicate concepts to clients in a professional and non-technical manner
  • Text integration, image optimization, navigational elements and search optimization

Primarily, this position will make optimal use of my qualifications working in capacities that require strong layout design, image optimization, and interpersonal communication while professional attention to detail and organization is highly regarded. I believe my enthusiastic, friendly and outgoing personality with the desire to succeed and life long goal to continue learning would be an asset to your company. I would welcome the opportunity to meet and discuss the possible merging of my talents and experience with your needs. Please feel free to contact me at (919) 555-1212 at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your review and consideration.

Sincerely, Melissa Rose
baby4rose@gmail.com

31
Jan, 2020

Resume Writing 101

A well written resume is the key to obtaining an interview.  You can be the most qualified person for a position, but if your resume is not written well, the employer will skip right over it.  As a designer, use your resume to show the employer your understanding of design and presentation.  Present your information in an organized, precise manner that will catch an employer’s attention. 

An employer looking to hire can be inundated with applications.  Your application should catch an employer’s eye at first glance.  Surviving the initial screening process may be the hardest stage in applying for a job.  Once past the initial screening process, your resume will receive serious consideration and you may be called for an interview.

Think of your resume as an advertisement of what you have to offer.   Ask yourself what would you look for if you were the employer.  Highlight these items in your resume.  Often, you’ll need to customize your resume for a particular job.  Analyse the employer’s needs and present your resume as a solution to their vacancy.

8
Jan, 2020

Interesting Article on Web Development

Top 10 Web Development Trends
& Technologies for 2020

Top 10 web development trends technologies for 2020

#webdev #javascript #css #ai

Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
Frameworks
Static Website Hosting
Digital Transformation

Adaptability
Single Page Applications
Chatbots
Progressive Web Apps
WebAssembly

Programming Languages, like Python, have been around for a long time and become a standard language used by developers. One of my favorite programming languages is JavaScript, in which makes up 95% of all websites and is, by far, the most commonly used and basic of front-end programming languages to develop web applications. The knowledge and to be fluent in Javascript, also means knowing of NPM (Node Package Manager), it allows for developers to share and reuse javascript code. Another interesting piece of on the rise is Google’s open-source programming language, Golang.

Frameworks are apart of the layout of javascript.

JavaScript Frameworks A new React-based framework for static site generation that is taking the web development world by storm and its called GatsbyJS and uses Agility CMS is a headless CMS and free. CSS Libraries and Frameworks

As a front-end development the CSS libraries may just be your best friend. Bulma and Tailwinds are said to be a way to speed up your design process because they provide lots of layout ideas. Bootstrap is pretty neat, it’s a platform for building website or web-based app.

Web Components are a semi new technology that may rewrite how we think about reusable web technologies. Web Components are a set of web platform APIs. They are similar to the building components in libraries like React or Angular.

Web hosting is moving fast with no end in sight. The two hosting companies, Netlify and JAMstack, have become very popular in web development. Netlify is a web hosting infrastructure and automation technology company that provides next-generation web hosting and automation that’s very affordable. They also offer web hosting infrastructure for JAMstack websites, born for a need of websites to be fast.

Work Cited

Co-authored by wikiHow Staff. “How to Cite Sources.” wikiHow, Updated: 13 September 2019. https://www.wikihow.com/Cite-Sources. Accessed 12 January 2020.

Pirrone, Gabriella. “Top 10 Web Development Trends & Technologies For 2020.” DEV, 21 November 2019. https://dev.to/agilitycms/top-10-web-development-trends-technologies-for-2020-11ii. Accessed 12 January 2020.