Introduction to CSS

Published: 01 May 2021
on channel: Craig A. Bourne
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► This is the first in a series of videos that will dive deep into the CSS language. If you follow along with this CSS series, you will have a full and rich understanding of the CSS language and will be able to apply it freely and accurately to your projects.

CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets and describes how HTML elements are displayed. CSS allows us to control design, style, and layout variations for different devices and screen sizes.

In this video, we'll look at where CSS came from, and how we use it. We'll also look at some websites with and without CSS applied to them.

► Timestamps:
0:00 Start
1:18 Comparing a styled and unstyled website
2:17 The “Sorry you’re screwed” email
3:06 When CSS was first proposed
3:58 CSS is the “skin or clothing” of a web page
4:40 CSS Zen Garden
6:46 Same page, different styles
8:02 Selector syntax
8:58 All available CSS properties
9:50 Examining a CSS property
10:43 Applying a background color
11:08 Built-in CSS colors
12:02 Summary

► Links used in the video:
CSS on MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/d...
Marc Andreessen's "Sorry, you're screwed" email: http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/...
Håkon Wium Lie's proposal for CSS: https://www.w3.org/People/howcome/p/c...
The original W3C Recommendation for CSS1: https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS1/
CSS Zen Garden: http://csszengarden.com/
CSS on W3Schools: https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_int...
CSS Almanac: https://css-tricks.com/almanac/proper...
CodePen: https://codepen.io/

► This video is part of the CSS for Absolute Beginners playlist:    • CSS for Absolute Beginners  

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