Plan Your Own Fairytale

In the next project, I learned how to build a website for a small business. I have always dreamed of visiting the beautiful castles around the globe. Each one holds so much history and beauty. It became inspiration for this project.

New skills learned from this project:

• Add new fonts to the website from an outside source
• Change opacity of the colors
• Learn how to use a JavaScript library (jQuery) to make site interactive
• Make the page accessible on different browsers

Preview of creation:

The full site can be viewed here:

https://dash.generalassemb.ly/SilviaPan/build-your-own-business-website

Fun Animated House

First I have to say that Khan Academy is amazing. The lessons are brilliant and there is so much to learn. I used it previously with help in physics and when I started exploring I found that there were topics in drawing and animation.

This is one of my favorite projects I finished a few months ago. I felt as if I were 5 again given a new box of crayons for the first time.

Preview of my house:

You can draw stars and play with the house here:

https://www.khanacademy.org/computer-programming/spin-off-of-project-build-a-house/4843106274508800

Building a Blog Theme

I am continuing with the lessons on Dash: https://dash.generalassemb.ly/

In this next project,  I learned new skills, namely CSS, to build a blog theme:

• Create header and navigation menu
• Style header using CSS
• Add responsive buttons, such as “Like” and “Share”

Preview of creation:

The full site can be viewed here:

https://dash.generalassemb.ly/SilviaPan/build-your-own-blog-theme

Learning HTML Basics

I started learning the basics of web design and development through Dash from General Assembly. https://dash.generalassemb.ly/

In the first lesson I learned:

• Creating headlines and input
• Customizing the appearance of headers and text
• Inserting background and changing its properties

Preview of creation:

The full page can be viewed here:

https://dash.generalassemb.ly/SilviaPan/build-your-own-personal-website

Visualizing the Supreme Court’s Evolution

Supreme Court of the United States: 1940 – 2016

From the time between 1860s to 1930s the political platform of the Democratic and Republican party started to “switch.” The Democrats who once favored a small central government now supported a larger one and the opposite happened for the Republicans. FDR’s presidency in the 1940s further cemented this relationship between the political parties and their platforms. [1]

One of the president’s role is nominating candidates to fill vacant justice roles in the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate votes and if a majority agree, the nominee is appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court.

How has the Supreme Court changed from 1940 until now? Below are the presidents and justices in office from 1940 until 2016, along with their political affiliation. [2] [3]

Red denotes Republican and Blue, Democrat.