CSS: Essential Training (2019)

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language that allows you to control the appearance of your webpages. In this hands-on course, Christina Truong demonstrates the concepts that form the foundation of CSS, explaining what you need to know to tweak existing CSS and write your own. Christina explains how to add colors and other design elements to take your webpages beyond just black text on a white background. She shows how to use selectors, how the box model defines the spacing and sizing of page elements, and how to style text and manage basic layouts with Flexbox and Grid. She also covers working with advanced selectors, creating fluid layouts, and determining when to use the float and position properties. Plus, at the end of the course, you’ll walk away with an actual project—an online résumé page.

Topics include:

• Writing basic selectors
• Setting properties
• Cascade and inheritance
• Setting a font family, font size, text color, and more
• Working with the box model
• Leveraging Grid and Flexbox
• Using the float and position properties
• Working with advanced selectors
• Creating fluid layouts

About the Author

Christina Truong is an educator who has over 10 years of experience as a front-end developer.

Christina has worked for digital agencies such as Teehan+Lax and SapientRazorfish (formerly Nurun). As an educator, she has taught 1000+ students in college courses, bootcamp programs, and workshops.

In her previous role as director of curriculum for Ladies Learning Code, she overhauled the curriculum and created new workshops and a part-time program used by 20+ Canadian chapters. She also provided training for all the lead instructors.

Christina now works independently, focusing on inclusive tech education, curriculum development, and technical consulting services.

Product Details

• Full Video Tutorials
• Video File Format: MP4
• Skill Level: Beginner
• Video Duration: 4h 29m
• Instructor: Christina Truong