Today I learned....
C
Understanding character input and outputs is harder than I thought. I am still on Chapter 1 of The C Programming Language and I am on the section going over programs for processing character data. I was doing an exercises for line counts and got stuck on a few. I marked the parts I am confused about to return to at a later time.
CSS
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Attribute Selector matches elements based on the presence or value of a given attribute. They are not commonly used.
input[type="password"] { color: green; }
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Pseudo Elements is a keyword added to a selector that lets you style a specific part of the selected element(s)
p::first-line { color: purple; }
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Pseudo Classes vs Elements
- Pseudo Classes styles based on the states of the elements.
- Pseudo Elements style specific parts of an element(s).
CSS Cascade order of elements being declared matter. Later elements are overwritten as you go further down the style sheet.
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Specificity is how the browser decides which rules to apply when multiple rules could apply to the same element. The more specific selector wins.
- Specificity Selector Order:
- ID > Class > Element
- Specificity Calculator
- Specificity Selector Order:
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Inline Styles and Important
- Inline styles styles a single element using the "style" attribute in the HTML document. It's specificity wins over ID, but is avoided because it can lead to confusion when using a style sheet.
- Important, or the important exception, overrides any other declaration and is considered bad practice.
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Inheritance
- Styles will be inherited from parent elements
- Some elements don't inherit by default, but you can explicitly add "inherit" to those elements add that behavior if they are able to be inheritable.
Reminder Resources to Myself
I was having a tough time yesterday so I made some resources for myself for when I feel self-doubt again. Their stories have helped me inspire me to keep going:
- How To Become a Self-taught Developer (Advice and Stories From Actual Self-taught Developers)
- 10 Tips For New Self-Taught Developers In Learning To Code - Advice From A Fellow Self-Taught Developer by Ayu Adiati
- Chris Sean
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Ann Adaya
- A quote from one of her articles I was inspired by, "Life is too short to settle to things that are safe, that doesn’t make you get up every morning inspired and fulfilled. I hope you choose the life that makes you feel alive, that makes you get up in the morning. I hope you will find the courage to fight for the life that you want."
I Joined Code Buddies!
- I stumbled on them looking through this repo online: https://github.com/sophi-li/OKRs-self-learning
Resources:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS
The Web Developer Bootcamp 2022 by Colt Steele
Day 3: https://dev.to/jennifer_tieu/self-taught-developer-journey-day-3-1ofg
Please refer to Starting My Self-Taught Developer Journey for context.
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