User:TheChau26/sandbox

This is my test Sandbox.

What is a Sandbox?
A sandbox is a "play" or test area for a user to test his/her knowledge and to learn new things

What is The Chau's Sandbox?
The Chau is building this sandbox to understand how to effectively create and article and also, to use as many types of formatting as possible so that he can see the code.

What is "code"?
"Code" is a series of text commands used to direct a computer to carry out a function. In the case of a Wiki page, it tells the Wiki site how to interpret the text (as headings or whatever).

How do you use "code"?
To use "code", you first have to learn the syntax used to tell the computer to carry out the functions you desire. E.g. There is a syntax (in this case, Wiki-tags) to tell the computer that a particular line is a heading.

Wait! What are "tags"?
"Tags" are bits of code enclosed by special characters that, once the computer sees these special characters, tell the computer what to do. An e.g. is the use of triangle brackets in HTML or square brackets in Wiki.

So how will The Chau learn this code?
Right now, I'm editing using the visual editor. Once I'm done with that, I will switch to the source editor and see what tags were inserted and learn off those tags. This should serve to teach me the basics of creating a page. I also plan to preview the page to see how each tag renders the text. If there is a new function that I need, I'll return to this sandbox and test it first and go through the same procedure to learn.