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CSS for JavaScript Developers

by Josh W Comeau

A course aimed at developers who are comfortable in JavaScript but treat CSS as guesswork, built around the browser's rendering model rather than a list of properties. Ten modules move from the cascade and box model through Flexbox, responsive design, typography, Grid and animation, ending with the finishing details that separate a working layout from a finished one. Roughly 200 lessons and 40 hours, delivered as mixed written and video content with interactive exercises rather than video alone.

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Provider
Josh W Comeau
Price
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Level
Intermediate
Format
Self-paced
Language
English
Access
One-time purchase, with access stated as lasting for the lifetime of the course platform

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What the course covers

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  1. Fundamentals

    The cascade, inheritance and the box model, set up as the basis for everything that follows.

  2. Rendering Logic I

    How the browser decides where things go, starting with flow layout and margin behaviour.

  3. Rendering Logic II

    Positioned layout, stacking contexts and the rules behind overlapping elements.

  4. Modern Component Architecture

    Organising styles for component-based codebases rather than page-level stylesheets.

  5. Flexbox

    The flexbox algorithm treated as a system to be understood rather than properties to memorise.

  6. Responsive and Functional CSS

    Building layouts that adapt across viewports, and the functional patterns that support that.

  7. Typography and Images

    Text and media handling, including how images behave inside responsive layouts.

  8. CSS Grid

    Two-dimensional layout and where it is the right tool instead of flexbox.

  9. Animation and Interaction

    Transitions, keyframe animation and interaction states.

  10. Little Big Details

    The finishing work that distinguishes a polished interface from a merely functional one.

Who this course is for

JavaScript developers who can build interfaces but find CSS layout unpredictable.

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Who created this course

Josh W Comeau

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An independent developer and educator who writes and sells his own web development courses.

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