06 // Using images on the web

Intro

This week, we’ll review your design work toward Project 2 and learn everything necessary to start using images in your projects.

Sync Up

• Feedback/insights from Project 1 grading
• Merging Project 1
• Discuss Week 5 readings and component-based design
• Review style tiles and comps for Project 2
• Discuss creating markup from comps

Activities

• Relative and absolute links
• Images
  • Image types and optimization
  • HTML inline images
    • Includes an additional reading on alt text for images (est. reading time: 11min)
  • SVGs
  • Background images
  • Adding images to Glitch
• Intro to Screen readers and assistive tech