Learning CSS in 2023 (JS Party #255)
from JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web Development
KBall interviews CSS instructor & YouTuber extraordinaire Kevin Powell in a wide ranging discussion about CSS and how to learn it - what to start with, what to ignore, and various topics in between.
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- 0:00 Opener
- 0:28 Sponsor: Retool
- 1:27 It's party time, y'all!
- 2:17 The Kevin & Kevin show
- 3:14 Take the "State of JS" survey!
- 3:56 Getting to know Kevin
- 7:09 Difficulties of CSS as a beginner
- 8:25 Kevin's path to full-time content creator
- 10:28 The best approach to learning CSS
- 13:51 How to teach CSS to complete beginners
- 17:59 Sponsor: Square
- 19:04 Mental models to understand CSS Grid
- 22:33 Tools for learning Grid and Flexbox
- 23:25 Where to go once you know the basics of CSS
- 27:02 Teaching CSS to people with design backgrounds
- 28:57 Understanding layouts & relationship between elements
- 33:00 Sponsor: Lolo Code
- 34:04 Sponsor: Raygun
- 35:46 Which CSS properties to learn first
- 37:57 A brief diversion on media queries
- 41:47 CSS properties you can safely ignore
- 44:06 Are CSS frameworks useful for beginners?
- 46:39 Recommended resources for learning CSS
- 48:27 Wrapping up
- 51:15 Outro (take the survey!)
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This episode was published on December 9, 2022.
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