CSS Certificate

Show you can style the web with precision and creativity. This certification track helps you master modern CSS and earn a certificate proving you can build clean, responsive, professional UIs.

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This hands-on experience is built for developers and designers who want to formalize their CSS skills with a portfolio-ready credential. You’ll move beyond basic styling into layout systems, animations, media queries, and best practices—completing guided challenges that lead to your certificate. From Flexbox and Grid to responsive typography and transitions, each step brings you closer to certification. You'll apply your knowledge in real-world projects that test your ability to build beautiful, functional UIs across devices. Once you finish all the required modules and complete the final styling challenge, you’ll earn your CSS certificate—a tangible way to show employers and clients that you don’t just know CSS, you can ship production-quality work.

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Writing clean, scalable CSS using modern layout techniques like Flexbox and Grid.

Creating responsive designs with media queries, relative units, and fluid scaling.

Styling interactive elements and UI components with transitions and states.

Structuring styles with reusable class patterns, variables, and BEM methodology.

Building visually accessible, cross-browser designs for real-world use.

Completing hands-on assessments aligned with certification requirements

Writing clean, scalable CSS using modern layout techniques like Flexbox and Grid.

Content

Introduction to CSS

2 Lessons

Get familiar with CSS basics and ways to integrate it into web projects.

Introduction

Adding CSS to Your Projects

CSS Selectors

7 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of CSS selectors to target elements efficiently and enhance web styling.

Selecting Elements

Using the Document Hierarchy

Using Attribute Selectors

Part 1: Pseudo-Classes

Part 2: Pseudo-Classes

Pseudo-Elements

Quiz Yourself: CSS Selectors

CSS Core Concepts

2 Lessons

Break apart the cascade, inheritance, and specificity, ensuring effective CSS management and clean code.

CSS Units

5 Lessons

Find out about CSS units for responsive and adaptable web design.

CSS Fundamentals

9 Lessons

Deepen your knowledge of CSS box model, margins, padding, borders, fonts, lists, and calculations.

Backgrounds & Colors

7 Lessons

Investigate CSS backgrounds, color customization, and accessibility considerations in web design.

CSS Layout

11 Lessons

Build on understanding CSS layout techniques, including display properties, positioning, flexbox, grid, and media queries.

Animating Your CSS

5 Lessons

Try out CSS filters, transforms, transitions, and animations for dynamic web effects.

CSS Architecture

5 Lessons

Unpack the core of feature queries, CSS variables, resets, normalization, and vendor prefixes.

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Conclusion

1 Lessons

Explore your newfound CSS skills for continued learning and questions. Best wishes!

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