The CSS Zen Garden Project was our first project combining both CSS and HTML. In this project we had to incorporate a list of CSS methods into the design of the website. We also had to learn a variety of ways to move content on the page, as we were not permitted to edit the HTML.
In order to format the website I had to learn css position methods, as this was before I had learned flexbox. While they work, they certainly leave much to be desired, and so this project motivated me to learn new ways of formatting content with CSS. This project also taught me the importance of maintaining a general color scheme in web design. This was something that I had trouble with early on and later considered in future projects.
Overall, the Zen Garden Project was an important learning phase in my web development education. It introduced me to concepts such as content formatting, visual design, as well as color scheme. It was a good introduction project in my opinion, and something that I could reflect back on in further projects in order to improve my decisions.