Eps 8: Clean Up Your Code – Talking HTML

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Write clean code

* Indentation

* make sure it’s consistent
* ensures readability of the code, maps out what you are doing and what element is nested where


* Make sure you’re naming your id’s and classes consistently

* they need to make sense and not just be garbled dumpster fires


* Make sure your code writing program uses colors for different styles of code

* elements, attributes, php vs html vs javascript

* will help to identify individual aspects of code faster




* Don’t be afraid to use the enter button

* space between content sections can help keep your code sorted


* Use multiple CSS documents when creating responsive designs

* ex – 1 style sheet for cell phones, 1 style sheet for tablets, 1 style sheet for large screens and then 1 style sheet for regular sized screens


* make sure all of your files are sorted and named properly

* no empty folders
* folders need to have an index.html page
* files need to be named appropriately

* your portfolio page shouldn’t be called “job stuff”

* leads to messy url’s and takes longer to find if you forget what you named things






* Use comments to specify code snippets and entire sections of your code

* commenting on your code can help you remember what your code does when looking at it. More importantly it helps others figure out what you’re doing if you pass a project on
* ex – comment what is navigation, sidebar, body, footer, special content
* comment on what code actually does



You can always use programs after the fact to take the spacing out of the CSS style sheets
 
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