General Web Development

Over the last two weeks I've been doing a lot of general web development tasks. Testing has been a big part of this; I have tested the Facebook app that Aine has been creating, checking to see if all the proposed functionality has been included. I have also been doing maintenance work on some of the sites Digilogue has recently been working on, such as updating images, creating buttons, and ensuring that updates to certain parts of the site don't have a negative effect on the layout and style. I have also had my first introduction to Wordpress as a content management system, which has been very useful so far. Much of the work involves dealing with client requests, which is very important in this industry.

This week, I've been involved quite heavily with the planning of new sites. This involves researching templates available and deciding on a template that best suits the client's needs. I have also been able to begin development on some sites, creating menus, blogs, FAQ sections, and testing out the functionality of portfolio sections. I have also been introduced to Joomla 3, as I had previously been working in Joomla 2.5. It's great to use all the different versions and to see the differences between them. As a lot of the work here involves site maintenance, it's important to be familiar with the older versions as well as the new ones.

Yesterday, I installed a Joomla site from scratch, uploading the files to the server and completing the installation on the client side. This will be very useful, and hopefully I'll be doing more of it.

Most of the LMS work done at Digilogue uses Moodle, but this week I was working at transferring a Moodle course over to Canvas. Canvas is a simpler design, and if often easier for the end user to navigate, but it lacks some of the functionality of Moodle. It is a nice clean interface and is a good alternative to Moodle.

I created the introductory Module and Module 1 of this particular course.