ACA Blog 106

Aaron Cook
1 min readSep 7, 2020
  1. 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?

My expectations were aligned with how websites are built. Now I can build them myself.

2.What have you gained through this course beyond code? Beyond technical savvy?

A great set of classmates.

3.Where do you think you’re headed? Why? How? What are you going to do to encourage that?

Hopefully to get a new job. I will pursue more after the next course.

4.What kinds of projects do you see yourself working on in 10 months?

My capstone, which is a tournament program with as many features I can get in.

5.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?

This is so they are triggered last when loading a website and it helps in troubleshooting. No.

6.Consider HTML5 as an open web platform. What are the building blocks of HTML5?

Flexbox,Grids,Animation,APIs,Java

7.What’s the difference between the :nth-of-type() and :nth-child() selectors?

Type will access a particular selector where child will access one of your odject thingy.

8.What is CSS-selector specificity, and how does it work?

It allows to affect your assets but the particular properties.

9.What resources do you use to learn about the latest in front-end development and design?

Youtube,Pod-Casts,Blogs,News Stories,Books. There are a ton of resources out there.

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