This is why classes develop and grow each quarter, I keep getting more in-depth questions that I really want to answer and will add to the next class I teach. So keep questions coming!

XHTML/CSS

A student asked me about the psychology of coding things like CSS and XHTML. I was sort of taken aback. I had never really thought about it in that way. My thoughts were that the World Wide Web Consortium created these standards for us to follow. Because of the changes that happen so quickly, they have to create new standards and leave room for changes or additions to those standards. They tried to make the tags self-evident but they can be confusing so there are a lot of references available in books or on the web. By following these rules, you can make a usable, complient webpage that would be viewable by as many browsers as possible.

I also wondered if perhaps in the class “Programming Logic”, if students got some psychology there? I have not sat in that class so I’m not 100% what is covered. I know the instructor does not cover the coding we use necessarily, but did he cover the thought process behind all types of coding?

What is the psychology of coding? Is that something the programmers decide and that’s why I never really thought about it (since I’m a designer)? And how can I make the learning of web coding easier for students to understand?