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Self-Taught Developer Journal, Day 7: CSS Exercises and Starting a Landing Page

Today I learned...

CSS: How to apply Flex

I did The Odin Project CSS exercises for flex and it was definitely a challenge. The problem were built to have you use resources and documentation to figure out the answer. They provided an example of the correct output and the solution to check against. You also have to copy or fork from their GitHub exercises repo and utilize your own IDE to complete them. I liked this set-up a lot because it felt very realistic to how I would solve a problem at work.

Landing Page

I love good design, but I can't say I am the best designer. I tried to do a Google UX Design Course and never finished it. I do plan on revisiting it again later because I think learning how to wireframe and prototype would be cool. A popular web application that is used for UX\UI design is Figma. A friend I met on Twitter, Shah Nawaz, gave me a challenge to implement a Landing Page designed on Figma. I'm excited for the challenge and it also coincides with the next project for The Odin Project.

Resources:
The Odin Project

Day 6: https://dev.to/jennifer_tieu/self-taught-developer-journey-day-6-pivot-and-the-odin-project-1klm
Please refer to Starting My Self-Taught Developer Journey for context.

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