Lab 1 – Beginning Web Development

1. Create a blog to document your Web Development lab work.

From this webpage, choose one of the best suitable blog sites. Follow their instructions to establish your own blog.

Your blog will be the place where you record information from your labs (not html) if required.



2. The World Wide Web Consortium creates standards for the Web. Visit its site at http://www.w3c.org and then answer the following questions:
Why was the Internet Society created?
Who can join the W3C? What does it cost to join?
The W3C home page lists a number of technologies. Choose one that interests you, click its link, and read the associated pages. List three facts or issues that you discover.


4. Make a list of your five favourite websites:
Number 1 should be your favorite.
Explain in no more than three sentences what you like about that site.

Visit the following five websites:
http://www.amazon.com
http://www.stupidfunclub.com
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
http://www.angelfire.com/super/badwebs/
Apple
Categorise each website as either good or bad.
As you visit these sites, record the aspects of the site that you like and don’t like.

Note: All lab work will go towards your final mark. 2, 3 and 4 should be recorded in the blog that you created in 1.  Show your blog on next Thursday lab.