This week we had to think about a potential final project.
I thought of an alarm clock with several features that I have further elaborated on the page First idea of my final project. I thought of doing something not too complicated, but clean enough to eventually be able to make a kickstarter project (something that I was considering for quite a while now).In this case I will have to design a package and think about the cost. Eventually, I could even make a kit for people to build the alarm clock by themselves. By this time I will also have to write a manual.

I have created a web page from scratch during my studies, but it was quite of a time-consuming process and the result was not as expected. So, as I am not really experienced in website designing, I chose to use html5 up! which would offer the option of modifiable templates.
I used the theme Astral and I started to modify it by using the editor "brackets" that allows me to see the web version permanently.
After a difficult start, I remembered the basics that I had learned during my computer courses. Having to type the code myself thought me valuable skills and made the process highly interactive.
I discovered a lot of things by surfing various forums. I also decided to separate all pages. The template proposed a single page with everything on it. I preferred to have a page for each week so that I could add a file each time and not change anything else. What is more, in that way pages would also load faster.
I then posted my site on the happylab server with my instructor. I understood the basics of Mercurial - a software program which requires a lot of time to understand fully... It's easier with TortoiseHg : I recommend it!

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