DECO1800 Reflective Journal

Meeting expectations     Looking back my first online reflective journal, I expected that l can improve my technique skills of by using website programing language, such as HTML/CSS/JAVASCRIPT. In this semester, not only I got more opportunities to practice these programing languages, but also I acquired knowledge about API and PHP.     Another expectation is that I wanted to develop my critical design thinking. It is helpful for my web design. For example, although some websites has beautiful appearance, it might not match clients’ wants and needs. In this case, users may not satisfy with that web project and it would likely fails in customers’ experience. I have met my expectation because of this course. Firstly, sufficient knowledge about critical think and design process were provided in the lecture. For instance, the theory of prototype, interactive design and responsive design etc. had been discussed. Also, some classic design thinking and famous celebrities...

    This week I will work on my portfolio design.     First of all, I used Photoshop to draw a logo for my portfolio.            The reason and concept of this logo is I want to use that to tell the audiences my main purpose of this website. Therefore I draw a separated "PORTFOLIO" as the logo and put in at the center in my home page. I also wrote my name and course name between logo.          As for the structure, I try to make it clear and easy to use or understand.  I put four buttons in my homepage which called project, portfolio, reflection and about me. Users can click it to go the corresponding pages. I hope can guide the users to interact with my web. In this case, people can start     to use this web, just press project button and he can read the main contents.     I uses html and css to implement my basic layout and style of portfolio.  ...