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JavaScript Express Basics Serving Static Files in Express Merging the Design Files

I feel like this section was poorly explained. I have tried rewatching the video multiple times but I wont get it still

I feel like this section was poorly explained. I have tried rewatching the video multiple times but I wont get it still.

Dane Parchment
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 Points

What exactly aren't you understanding so we can have a better idea of what to explain to you?

Jelena Feliciano
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Jelena Feliciano
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 12,729 Points

I am feeling the same way. Like when were the images added? Where are those HTML files? and what are these extra files that were in the 'Here are the assets from the designer' link? The images aren't loading after I saved them manually. Deep breath. returning another day.

This is definitely not a walk-through/step-by-step tutorial. More like an assignment and you get the peak at the answers. The solution is more like a hint. I did not follow line-by-line and of course got lost along the way. My output looked nothing like his, and at times the page would just crash. I was eventually able to figure it out on my own by debugging, console logging, looking at the DOM tree elements, the .css, and experimenting. If your page crashes, use console logging to isolate where, and see if your pug files "extend" and "block" to/from match the linked pug files. If the page loads but formatting is not right, use the .html files in the project files as the guide to how the Dom-tree structure should look.

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Vincent Ngo
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Vincent Ngo
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I agree with the poster. The last video needs to be its own hour-long walkthrough. The instructor even says in the video that it wasn't easy, and that there are concepts he had not gone over throughout the course, but he wasn't going to explain all of the walk-arounds, which there seems to be quite a bit... Is there a course on design merging all in itself?