Okay, here’s my take on sharing my “frederic design” practice, just like a regular dude blogging about his stuff.
Alright folks, gather ’round! Today I’m spillin’ the beans on this little project I called “frederic design.” Sounds fancy, right? Nah, it was just me messing around and tryin’ to make something cool. Let’s dive in.
It all started with me wanting to learn more about responsive design. I was tired of my personal website lookin’ like trash on my phone. So, I figured, alright, time to actually do something about it. I fired up my code editor (VS Code, if you’re wondering – pretty standard stuff) and started with a blank HTML file. The initial setup was super basic – just the HTML boilerplate, you know, <html>, <head>, <body>… the whole shebang.
Next up, I decided to focus on the layout. I wanted a clean, modern look. I played around with CSS Grid for a bit. It was kinda confusing at first, all those `grid-template-columns` and `grid-area` things. I spent a good chunk of time just messin’ with the values, tryin’ to get things to line up right. Eventually, I managed to create a basic structure: a header, a main content area, a sidebar, and a footer. Classic, I know, but hey, gotta start somewhere, right?
Then came the fun part: the actual content. I started with the header, adding a logo (just some text for now, I’m no artist) and a navigation menu. The menu was a pain. I wanted it to collapse into a hamburger menu on smaller screens. I remembered some tutorials I’d seen about using JavaScript for that. I tried a few different approaches, but honestly, I just ended up copy-pasting some code from Stack Overflow. Hey, no shame in my game! It worked, and that’s what mattered.
For the main content, I just threw in some placeholder text and images. I grabbed some random pics from Unsplash. The sidebar got a list of recent posts and a little “about me” blurb. And the footer? Copyright notice, social media links… the usual stuff. Nothing too fancy.
Now, the real test: making it responsive. This is where CSS media queries came in. I spent a lot of time resizing my browser window, tweaking the CSS, and making sure everything looked good on different screen sizes. It was a lot of trial and error, but I slowly but surely got there. The hamburger menu worked like a charm, the layout adjusted nicely, and the images scaled properly. Victory!
I also messed around with some basic animations and transitions, just to add a little bit of polish. Nothing crazy, just some subtle fades and slides. I used CSS transitions for those – super easy to implement.
Overall, the “frederic design” project was a pretty good learning experience. I learned a ton about responsive design, CSS Grid, and JavaScript. It’s definitely not perfect, but it’s a hell of a lot better than what I had before. And most importantly, it’s something I actually built myself.
Here are a few things I’m thinking of doing next:
- Diving deeper into CSS animations.
- Exploring different JavaScript frameworks.
- Actually designing a real logo.
So yeah, that’s the story of “frederic design.” Hope you found it interesting! Let me know what you think in the comments. Catch you later!
