Learn CSS: Master Styling for Modern Web Design

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CSS is a styling language that determines a page’s style, it also establishes the structure of the page. This course provides students with a comprehensive understanding of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), the language used for styling and designing web pages. It covers the core concepts of CSS and teaches students how to create visually appealing and responsive web pages. Starting with the basics, students will learn about CSS syntax, selectors, properties, and values.

Understand CSS core concepts: selectors, properties, and values.
Apply CSS styles to control appearance and layout of HTML elements.
Create visually appealing designs with colours, backgrounds, and gradients.
Customise typography and apply text effects for enhanced aesthetics.
Implement layouts using the CSS box model, positioning, and responsive techniques.
Add interactivity and engagement with transitions and animations.
Follow best practices for CSS coding, optimisation, debugging, and cross-browser compatibility.

Course Content

Introduction to Web Development

Introduction to CSS and its syntax.
06:34
Overview of web technologies and the role of CSS
06:34
Setting up Visual Studio Code Editor.
06:34

CSS Basics

Working with Colors and Backgrounds

Styling Text and Fonts

CSS Box Model and Layouts

CSS Positioning and Layout Techniques

Working with Borders, Shadows, and Icons

CSS Transitions and Animations

Advanced CSS Techniques Overview

CSS Best Practices and Optimisation

Course Completion Quiz

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Introduction to Web Development

Introduction to CSS and its syntax.

Overview of web technologies and the role of CSS

Setting up Visual Studio Code Editor.

CSS Basics

Inline, embedded, and external CSS stylesheets.

Selectors and specificity.

Applying CSS styles to HTML elements.

CSS comments and organisation.

Working with Colors and Backgrounds

Applying colors to elements using CSS.

Understanding color formats (hexadecimal, RGB, HSL).

Working with gradients and background images.

Applying background properties (repeat, position, size).

Creating transparency and opacity effects.

Styling Text and Fonts

Controlling text properties (font-family, font-size, font-weight, etc.).

Applying text styles (color, alignment, decoration).

Working with Google Fonts and custom fonts.

Creating drop caps and text effects.

Adjusting line spacing and letter spacing.

CSS Box Model and Layouts

Understanding the CSS box model (margin, border, padding).

Applying box-sizing and managing element dimensions.

Working with margins and padding.

Creating fluid layouts with percentage and viewport units.

Introduction to flexbox for flexible layouts.

CSS Positioning and Layout Techniques

Positioning elements (static, relative, absolute, fixed).

Floating elements for multi-column layouts.

Creating grid-based layouts with CSS Grid.

Implementing responsive layouts with media queries.

CSS frameworks for rapid layout development (e.g., Bootstrap).

Working with Borders, Shadows, and Icons

Creating borders and adjusting border styles.

Applying box shadows and text shadows.

Utilising CSS icon fonts and vector icons.

Adding custom icons and icon libraries.

Creating image overlays and tooltips.

CSS Transitions and Animations

Adding smooth transitions to CSS properties.

Animating elements using keyframes and animation properties.

Creating hover effects and interactive animations.

Applying timing functions for animation control.

Optimising animations for performance.

Advanced CSS Techniques Overview

CSS preprocessors (e.g., Saas, Less).

Working with variables and mixins.

Creating reusable CSS components and modules.

Implementing CSS grid frameworks (e.g., Bootstrap, Foundation).

CSS methodologies (e.g., BEM, SMACSS).

CSS Best Practices and Optimisation

CSS coding conventions and best practices.

Optimising CSS code for performance.

Minification and file organisation techniques.

Debugging CSS issues and cross-browser compatibility.

Ensuring accessibility and usability in CSS design.

Course Completion Quiz

CSS – 2 Attempts Only

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