Solo Project Learnings

calendarMay 3, 2023 · 1 min read · solo project html css javascript  ·
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Solo Project Learnings

Yesterday I submitted my Movie Watchlist solo project for review. Here are things I learned working on the project:

  1. Add charset to the <script> tag in your HTML, in order to ensure the HTML rendered using JS doesn't replace characters like the apostrophe ' with some weird characters.
  2. Use utils.js to include utility functions.
  3. Use window.location.href.includes() to check which HTML page you are on.
  4. Add an event listener for keydown to check if Enter was pressed.
  5. Use comments to organize your CSS.
  6. Use ::before to add opacity to your background image.
  7. Use text-overflow: ellipsis to replace last three characters in an overflowing text with ....