Reading Notes-Class 2
- What are four important features to look for in a text editor? Code Completion, syntax highlighting, variety of themes, and a healthy variety of 3rd party options or extensions are available.
- What do the following commands do?
- pwd Print Working Directory, tells you what your current or present working directory is.
- ls List, this will list what information (html, files, folders etc.) exist within your current directory.
- cd Change Directory, this changes your working directory.
- mkdir Make Diretory, this creates a directory for you to create and navigate within.
- touch is used to create blank files.
- Can you explain what is happening in the following scenario if these commands and arguments are entered into the command line? (Arguments are extra instructions given to a command.)
- cd projects This is having us change from our current directory to “projects” directory.
- mkdir new-project We are creating a new directory labled “new projects”.
- touch new-project/newfile.md This command allows us to create a filed named “newfile.md” within the directory “new-projects”.
- cd .. This is changing which directory we are going to, however the “..” indicates that we are going back up the directory hierarchy.
- ls projects/new-project This is is listing all the files and materials within the “new-project” file/directory.
True or False/ Short Answer Section
- T or F. Text Editor can only write in HTML format.
- T or F. “Text Edit” is the pre-programed app for Mac while “Notepad” is the Microsoft Version.
- T or F. Is Text Editor compatible with third party tools? If true, list 3 third party tools that it is compatible with.
- Explain why the four important features of Text Editor are so important to web design.