Final Recap
2 min readApr 17, 2021
Blog post 106
- Think back on your first day of class. How did you think websites were built? Now how do you think they’re built? What’s the difference in your thinking? — I thought websites were just a bunch of drag and drop objects that you can place on a page to style to your liking (I have actually built websites this way). Now I know it is much more complex than that and requires a tremendous amount of work and detail. I even catch myself analyzing other websites thinking ‘why would they place their object there or not use this function here’.
- What have you gained through this course beyond code? Beyond technical savvy?- Easy! Patience and research skills. I have become much better at googling.
- Where do you think you’re headed? Why? How? What are you going to do to encourage that? — Backend Development! Building websites was a cool skill to learn, but I don't see this being something I would want to do…. How? I'm already there! I just need to enhance my skills
- What kinds of projects do you see yourself working on in 10 months? Building databases and making them presentable for my operations unit! and MAYBE building my own website for fun.
- Why is it generally a good idea to position CSS
<link>s between<head></head>and JS<script>s just before</body>? Do you know of any exceptions?- It allows the page to render progressively which improves user experience - Consider HTML5 as an open web platform. What are the building blocks of HTML5?more semantic text markup
- new form elements
- vedio and audio
- new javascript API
- canvas and SVG
- new communication API
- geolocation API
- web worker API
- new data storage
- What’s the difference between the
:nth-of-type()and:nth-child()selectors?- Our :nth-child selector, in “Plain English,” means select an element if: - It is a paragraph element
- It is the second child of a parent
Our :nth-of-type selector, in “Plain English,” means:
- Select the second paragraph child of a parent
:nth-of-type is… what’s a good way to say it… less conditional.
7. What is CSS-selector specificity, and how does it work?
If there are two or more conflicting CSS rules that point to the same element, the browser follows some rules to determine which one is most specific and therefore wins out
8. What resources do you use to learn about the latest in front-end development and design? W-3 Schools and my Development team :)
