Developer Skills and Knowledge

Have a minimal understanding of the following. Links to some useful resources are given later in this page.

1. Version Control (Git)
2. Possibilities, limitations, and roles of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
3. Developer Tools (F12) in mainstream browsers (especially the Inspect Element feature)
4. Official documentations and references (of anything; how to find, checking for compatibilities and deprecations, etc.)
5. Standards, de-facto standards, non-standards, and deprecations
6. Validation tools (e.g.: https://validator.w3.org/), performance checking tools (e.g.: https://pagespeed.web.dev/)
7. GNU/Linux Command Line Interface

Self-assessment

(Question numbers can change any time; so please don't refer to a question by its number when preparing long-term materials.)

1. What is the difference between version control and Git?
2. What is the difference between Terminal and Bash?
3. Is <font> a valid HTML tag? What is the valid alternative?
4. Why do we have HTML and CSS as two different things? Why don't just use the <font> tag instead of CSS font properties?

Resources

Here are some recommended learning resources. Some of them will contain duplicate info; you can follow the ones that work for you. Don't worry if you don't understand all of it. Just make sure to go through them.

HTML

• <font> tag and deprication
• Learn about font-family, font-size, etc. from developer.mozilla.org and/or www.w3schools.com
• എന്താണ് എച്ച്ടിഎംഎല്‍ 5?

Basic idea of version control

• Getting Started - About Version Control
• What is version control?
• What is Git? Our beginner’s guide to version control
• An introduction to Git in Malayalam by Balasankar C

GNU/Linux command line interface

• The Linux command line for beginners (ubuntu.com)
• How to Install Bash on Windows 11