Mastering CSS - Second Edition

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Get to grips with CSS best practices to create modern, responsive, and retina-ready websites.CSS is a deceptively simple presentation language that has significantly developed over the last few years. Front-end developers need to keep style sheets manageable and organized by taking a modular approach to building a website. They can either wrestle with it, or learn how to master it in order to easily apply layouts and styles with precision. This web development video course has been designed to help you build your knowledge of CSS and master one of the most valuable tools in modern web design.We start off with a brief review of the foundations of CSS by using a good text editor to automate your authoring and set up a CSS baseline. We then move on to creating a layout with floats and a functioning menu with dropdowns, taking a modular-organized approach to CSS. We deep dive into a lot of details of CSS in this course, from creating a modern looking ghost button and a big call-to-action button to the supposedly difficult and scary SVG. We’ll also look in depth at CSS3 properties such as transforms, transitions, and animations.By the end, you’ll have an understanding of responsive web design, web fonts, icon fonts, and techniques used to support retina devices; all things a modern frontend web developer must know. This course will arm you with all the knowledge, tips, and tricks you need to make you stand out in the world of developing complex, responsive, feature-rich web applications.About the AuthorRich Finelli is a husband and a father living in Piscataway, NJ, working as a frontend developer.
He’s truly passionate and excited for all frontend technologies and enjoys learning about web design and development. He occasionally writes about web development on his blog, richfinelli.com. 

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Take advantage of the Chrome developer tools to troubleshoot CSS
Explore some of the most solid techniques used to solve the problems of floats, such as the clearfix hack
Rename elements with classes, use descendant selectors, and understand specificity rules
Become proficient with CSS3 properties such as transitions, transforms, gradients, pseudo classes, and animations
Leverage the power of absolute, relative, static, and fixed positioning techniques
Delve into modular, reusable, and scalable CSS for more organized and smaller style sheets
Understand media queries and the other fundamentals of responsive web design
Get creative with the @font-face property, font kits, Google Web Fonts, subscription font services, and icon fonts
Optimize the workflow for HiDPI (retina) devices using 2x images, 1.5x images, SVG, and the srcset attribute
Learn how to layout features of your web page using flexbox, which solves many of the layout challenges we were accustomed to with float-based layout

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Subjects

  • HTML
  • Approach
  • IDS training
  • Syntax
  • Design
  • Web
  • Anatomy
  • Writing
  • IDS
  • Mac
  • Editors
  • Web Development

Course programme

CSS Foundations 3 lectures 19:40 The Course Overview The course needs a summary that describes what will be learned over the course of each section, provide a course overview, and describe what will be learned.
  • Understand what CSS is and what we are going to learn
  • Know the expected prerequisite knowledge, such as how to write basic HTML and even some basic CSS, which is required to follow along with this course
  • Go over different software we are using, such as Sublime Text, Mac, Live Reload, and the basics to move along the course
The Anatomy of a Rule Set and the Three Types of Style Sheets In order to style websites with CSS, you must understand the syntax for writing CSS rules.
  • Review a sample rule set and see how it affects a web page
  • View the rule set in an embedded style sheet and an external style sheet
  • View an inline rule set
The Box Model and Block versus Inline Elements All CSS elements conform to a box model. If the box model isn’t understood completely, CSS cannot be mastered. The same goes with block and inline elements.
  • A review of the box model and using box-sizing border box to change the box model
  • Block-level elements
  • Inline elements
CSS Foundations 3 lectures 19:40 The Course Overview The course needs a summary that describes what will be learned over the course of each section, provide a course overview, and describe what will be learned.
  • Understand what CSS is and what we are going to learn
  • Know the expected prerequisite knowledge, such as how to write basic HTML and even some basic CSS, which is required to follow along with this course
  • Go over different software we are using, such as Sublime Text, Mac, Live Reload, and the basics to move along the course
The Anatomy of a Rule Set and the Three Types of Style Sheets In order to style websites with CSS, you must understand the syntax for writing CSS rules.
  • Review a sample rule set and see how it affects a web page
  • View the rule set in an embedded style sheet and an external style sheet
  • View an inline rule set
The Box Model and Block versus Inline Elements All CSS elements conform to a box model. If the box model isn’t understood completely, CSS cannot be mastered. The same goes with block and inline elements.
  • A review of the box model and using box-sizing border box to change the box model
  • Block-level elements
  • Inline elements
The Course Overview The course needs a summary that describes what will be learned over the course of each section, provide a course overview, and describe what will be learned.
  • Understand what CSS is and what we are going to learn
  • Know the expected prerequisite knowledge, such as how to write basic HTML and even some basic CSS, which is required to follow along with this course
  • Go over different software we are using, such as Sublime Text, Mac, Live Reload, and the basics to move along the course
The Course Overview The course needs a summary that describes what will be learned over the course of each section, provide a course overview, and describe what will be learned.
  • Understand what CSS is and what we are going to learn
  • Know the expected prerequisite knowledge, such as how to write basic HTML and even some basic CSS, which is required to follow along with this course
  • Go over different software we are using, such as Sublime Text, Mac, Live Reload, and the basics to move along the course
The Course Overview The course needs a summary that describes what will be learned over the course of each section, provide a course overview, and describe what will be learned.
  • Understand what CSS is and what we are going to learn
  • Know the expected prerequisite knowledge, such as how to write basic HTML and even some basic CSS, which is required to follow along with this course
  • Go over different software we are using, such as Sublime Text, Mac, Live Reload, and the basics to move along the course
The Course Overview The course needs a summary that describes what will be learned over the course of each section, provide a course overview, and describe what will be learned.
  • Understand what CSS is and what we are going to learn
  • Know the expected prerequisite knowledge, such as how to write basic HTML and even some basic CSS, which is required to follow along with this course
  • Go over different software we are using, such as Sublime Text, Mac, Live Reload, and the basics to move along the course
The course needs a summary that describes what will be learned over the course of each section, provide a course overview, and describe what will be learned.
  • Understand what CSS is and what we are going to learn
  • Know the expected prerequisite knowledge, such as how to write basic HTML and even some basic CSS, which is required to follow along with this course
  • Go over different software we are using, such as Sublime Text, Mac, Live Reload, and the basics to move along the course
The course needs a summary that describes what will be learned over the course of each section, provide a course overview, and describe what will be learned.
  • Understand what CSS is and what we are going to learn
  • Know the expected prerequisite knowledge, such as how to write basic HTML and even some basic CSS, which is required to follow along with this course
  • Go over different software we are using, such as Sublime Text, Mac, Live Reload, and the basics to move along the course
The Anatomy of a Rule Set and the Three Types of Style Sheets In order to style websites with CSS, you must understand the syntax for writing CSS rules.
  • Review a sample rule set and see how it affects a web page
  • View the rule set in an embedded style sheet and an external style sheet
  • View an inline rule set
The Anatomy of a Rule Set and the Three Types of Style Sheets In order to style websites with CSS, you must understand the syntax for writing CSS rules.
  • Review a sample rule set and see how it affects a web page
  • View the rule set in an embedded style sheet and an external style sheet
  • View an inline rule set
The Anatomy of a Rule Set and the Three Types of Style Sheets In order to style websites with CSS, you must understand the syntax for writing CSS rules.
  • Review a sample rule set and see how it affects a web page
  • View the rule set in an embedded style sheet and an external style sheet
  • View an inline rule set
The Anatomy of a Rule Set and the Three Types of Style Sheets In order to style websites with CSS, you must understand the syntax for writing CSS rules.
  • Review a sample rule set and see how it affects a web page
  • View the rule set in an embedded style sheet and an external style sheet
  • View an inline rule set
In order to style websites with CSS, you must understand the syntax for writing CSS rules.
  • Review a sample rule set and see how it affects a web page
  • View the rule set in an embedded style sheet and an external style sheet
  • View an inline rule set
In order to style websites with CSS, you must understand the syntax for writing CSS rules.
  • Review a sample rule set and see how it affects a web page
  • View the rule set in an embedded style sheet and an external style sheet
  • View an inline rule set
The Box Model and Block versus Inline Elements All CSS elements conform to a box model. If the box model isn’t understood completely, CSS cannot be mastered. The same goes with block and inline elements.
  • A review of the box model and using box-sizing border box to change the box model
  • Block-level elements
  • Inline elements
The Box Model and Block versus Inline Elements All CSS elements conform to a box model. If the box model isn’t understood completely, CSS cannot be mastered. The same goes with block and inline elements.
  • A review of the box model and using box-sizing border box to change the box model
  • Block-level elements
  • Inline elements
The Box Model and Block versus Inline Elements All CSS elements conform to a box model. If the box model isn’t understood completely, CSS cannot be mastered. The same goes with block and inline elements.
  • A review of the box model and using box-sizing border box to change the box model
  • Block-level elements
  • Inline elements
The Box Model and Block versus Inline Elements All CSS elements conform to a box model. If the box model isn’t understood completely, CSS cannot be mastered. The same goes with block and inline elements.
  • A review of the box model and using box-sizing border box to change the box model
  • Block-level elements
  • Inline elements
All CSS elements conform to a box model. If the box model isn’t understood completely, CSS cannot be mastered. The same goes with block and inline elements.
  • A review of the box model and using box-sizing border box to change the box model
  • Block-level elements
  • Inline elements
All CSS elements conform to a box model. If the box model isn’t understood completely, CSS cannot be mastered. The same goes with block and inline elements.
  • A review of the box model and using box-sizing border box to change the box model
  • Block-level elements
  • Inline elements
Ramping Up 5 lectures 32:06 Text Editors Writing code is errorprone and hard; a good text editor like Sublime Text 3 solves this prob-lem. • Snippets • Syntax highlighting • Code completion and other cool features CSS Reset Browsers add a lot of default styling, especially margins and padding. A nice CSS reset can solve this and allow you to provide the styling. • Add the reset • Check out what the reset is doing • Customize the reset to fit our needs Chrome Dev Tools CSS doesn’t always work without failing. Usually, it’s a tiny overlooked mistake that causes something not to work and is hard to find and fix. Enter the Chrome Dev Tools. • Open up the Element Inspector • Change the CSS inside the Dev Tools • Check whether there are any errors in the console Renaming Elements: Classes and IDs CSS allows you to position, style, and control elements on a page. What if you want to style one div differently than another? You can name an element with a class. • Renaming with classes • Renaming with IDs Descendant Selectors Renaming elements with classes is an extremely powerful feature in CSS. However, this is not the only way to target a specific type of element. Descendant selectors allow you to target elements on a page based on their parent element. • Find out what a parent and child element is • Create a descendant selector • Calculate the weight of descendant selectors Ramping Up. 5 lectures 32:06 Text Editors Writing code is errorprone and hard; a good text editor like Sublime Text 3 solves this prob-lem. • Snippets • Syntax highlighting • Code completion and other cool features CSS Reset Browsers add a lot of default styling, especially margins and padding. A nice CSS reset can solve this and allow you to provide the styling. • Add the reset • Check out what the reset is doing • Customize the reset to fit our needs Chrome Dev Tools CSS doesn’t always work without failing. Usually, it’s a tiny overlooked mistake that causes something not to work and is hard to find and fix. Enter the Chrome Dev Tools. • Open up the Element Inspector • Change the CSS inside the Dev Tools • Check whether there are any errors in the console Renaming Elements: Classes and IDs CSS allows you to position, style, and control elements on a page. What if you want to style one div differently than another? You can name an element with a class. • Renaming with classes • Renaming with IDs Descendant Selectors Renaming elements with classes is an extremely powerful feature in CSS. However, this is not the only way to target a specific type of element. Descendant selectors allow you to target elements on a page based on their parent element. • Find out what a parent and child element is • Create a descendant selector • Calculate the weight of descendant selectors Text Editors Writing code is errorprone and hard; a good text editor like Sublime Text 3 solves this prob-lem. • Snippets • Syntax highlighting • Code completion and other cool features Text Editors Writing code is errorprone and hard; a good text editor like Sublime Text 3 solves this prob-lem. • Snippets • Syntax highlighting • Code completion and other cool features Text Editors Writing code is errorprone and hard; a good text editor like Sublime Text 3 solves this prob-lem. • Snippets • Syntax highlighting • Code completion and other cool features Text Editors Writing code is errorprone and hard; a good text editor like Sublime Text 3 solves this prob-lem. • Snippets • Syntax highlighting • Code completion and other cool features Writing code is errorprone and hard; a good text editor like Sublime Text 3 solves this prob-lem. • Snippets • Syntax highlighting • Code completion and other cool features Writing code is errorprone and hard; a good text editor like Sublime Text 3 solves this prob-lem. • Snippets • Syntax highlighting • Code completion and other cool features CSS Reset Browsers add a lot of default styling, especially margins and padding. A nice CSS reset can solve this and allow you to provide the styling. • Add the reset • Check out what the reset is doing • Customize the reset to fit our needs CSS Reset Browsers add a lot of default styling, especially margins and padding. A nice CSS reset can solve this and allow you to provide the styling. • Add the reset • Check out what the reset is doing • Customize the reset to fit our needs CSS Reset Browsers add a lot of default styling, especially margins and padding. A nice CSS reset can solve this and allow you to provide the styling. • Add the reset • Check out what the reset is doing • Customize the reset to fit our needs CSS Reset Browsers add a lot of default styling, especially margins and padding. A nice CSS reset can solve this and allow you to provide the styling. • Add the reset • Check out what the reset is doing • Customize the reset to fit our needs Browsers add a lot of default styling, especially margins and padding. A nice CSS reset can solve this and allow you to provide the styling f fixing this. • Floating the container ...

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Basic knowledge of CSS and HTML is required

Mastering CSS - Second Edition

£ 30 + VAT