Assignment

This semester we will be writing a web application for job listings.The assignment will be split into two parts:

• This part will involve an initial design for the site in HTML and CSS.
• Part two will involve implementing the full site using Python
• Part three (for COMP249 only) will involve implementing a more complex front-end using Javascript

In this first stage, your job is to come up with a good design for the new site. You are given a basic outline HTML file containing some sample messages and a starter CSS file; your task is to create an original design for the new site. You are free to use any page layout that you think will be effective and you are encouraged to borrow ideas from around the web; however, if you do, you must cite the source of your inspiration so that our lawyers can make sure we don't get sued.

The design brief is broad, you can come up with an original design or borrow elements from things you find on the web. Our lawyers tell us that you can't make the site look like any of our direct competitors (e.g. Seek, Indeed) in case they sue us.

You can use any HTML + CSS you wish as long as it works in Chrome (see below). If you already know CSS then you may use tools like LESS if you wish to do so (though you might want to experiment with new features like CSS Variables). YOU MAY NOT USE FRAMEWORKSlike Bootstrap or Foundation: in general the code you submit should be your own. This is an exercise in HTML and CSS design, so we want you to work directly with these technologies (and yes, we know that no-one would do this in real life these days).

Web browser: you should try to make your design work in any web browser (and test it) but to simplify things for peer marking we will use the most recent version of Google Chrome as the reference browser.

The starter kit is available as a Git repository on Bitbucket: comp249-2018-design. Learning about Git and version control is a good idea and while we don't require you to do so for this assignment, we make the code available in this way to encourage you to start experimenting. If you wish you can fork this repository and manage your changes in Git on Bitbucket.

Alternately, you can get the starter kit as a zip file here: comp249-2018-design.zip

Submission

You should submit a zip file containing all the files needed by your design. The HTML file should be called index.html as it is in the starter pack. If it has a different name, the peer marking system won't be able to display it to other students.