Course Content
Introduction
Introduction to CSS course
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What is CSS and why is it important?
CSS Syntax
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CSS Syntax
CSS Selectors
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CSS Selectors
CSS Unit of Measurements
CSS units are used to specify measurements for various properties such as length, width, margin, padding, font size, and more.
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Units of measurements
CSS Colors
CSS provides various ways to specify colors.
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Colors in CSS
CSS Colors Tutorial (Tabular Form)
CSS Properties And Values
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CSS Properties and Values Tutorial
CSS Background
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CSS Background
CSS Box Model
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CSS Box model
CSS Display
CSS display property is used to control how an element is displayed on the webpage.
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CSS Display Tutorial (Tabular)
Display Flex Tutorial
Display Grid Tutorial
Display Flex
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Display Flex
Flex tutorial with Images
Draft Lesson
Typography and Font Properties
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Typography and Font Properties
Display Grid
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CSS Grid Summary and Introduction
Grid properties
CSS Grid Image illustrations
The Grid Parent Level properties – Demo Screenshots
The Grid children/Items properties – Demo Screenshots
CSS Positioning
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CSS Positioning
CSS Positioning Tutorial
CSS Float
CSS Display And Positioning
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CSS Display
CSS Positioning
CSS Layout Techniques
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CSS float and clear properties
CSS flexbox layout
CSS Grid Layout
Responsive Design with CSS Media Queries
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Responsive Design with CSS Media Queries
Advanced CSS Topics
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CSS Animation and Transitions
CSS transformations and 3D effects
CSS Filters and Blending Modes
CSS custom properties
CSS Frameworks and Libraries
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Bootstrap framework
Foundation framework
Materialize CSS framework
Animate.css library
Preprocessors and Postprocessors
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Sass and Less preprocessors
Autoprefixer and PostCSS postprocessors
CSS Best Practices and Optimization
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Writing clean and efficient CSS
Semantic markup and accessibility
CSS validation and testing
CSS optimization techniques
Project Work
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Building a responsive website using CSS
Implementing CSS animations and effects
Testing and debugging the website
Deploying the website to a live server
CSS
About Lesson

Autoprefixer and PostCSS postprocessors

Autoprefixer and PostCSS are two popular postprocessors for CSS that are commonly used in web development workflows to improve the compatibility and performance of CSS code.

Here’s an overview of how Autoprefixer and PostCSS work:

Autoprefixer:

Autoprefixer is a postprocessor that automatically adds vendor prefixes to CSS rules, based on the latest browser standards and usage data. Vendor prefixes are prefixes that are added to CSS properties to ensure that they are correctly interpreted by different browsers, which may have different levels of support for newer CSS features.

For example, the CSS transform property was originally supported only with vendor prefixes, such as -webkit-transform for Safari and Chrome, and -moz-transform for Firefox. Autoprefixer can automatically add these prefixes to your CSS code, so that you don’t have to do it manually.

Autoprefixer can be used with a variety of build tools and workflows, such as Gulp, Grunt, or Webpack, and can be integrated into your development process using plugins or configuration files.

PostCSS:

PostCSS is a more general-purpose postprocessor for CSS that can be used to perform a wide range of transformations on your CSS code, such as adding or removing CSS properties, optimizing code for performance, or converting CSS to other formats.

PostCSS works by using a plugin-based architecture, where each plugin performs a specific transformation on the CSS code. Some popular PostCSS plugins include:

cssnano: a plugin for optimizing and compressing CSS code

postcss-preset-env: a plugin that allows you to use modern CSS syntax that is not yet supported in all browsers, and automatically compiles it to standard CSS code with vendor prefixes where necessary

postcss-import: a plugin that allows you to use @import statements to include CSS files in your code, and automatically resolves any dependencies between them

PostCSS can be used with a variety of build tools and workflows, and can be customized to fit the specific needs of your project.

Overall, Autoprefixer and PostCSS are powerful tools that can help to improve the compatibility and performance of your CSS code, and streamline your development process by automating common tasks. Both are widely used in the web development community, and can be integrated into a variety of build tools and workflows.

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