Flexbox solved that

Oh my gosh, Flexbox solved that?

Some classic problems many designers face with CSS have been trivially solved by Flexbox.

Philip Walton in his solved-by-flexbox project lists 6 classic problems (as of this writing)

He extensively discusses the previous limitations with CSS, and the current solution Flexbox provides.

I recommend you take a look after completing this article.

In the practical section coming up, I’ll explain some of the concepts he addresses as I walk you through building a music app layout with Flexbox.

Flexbugs and gotchas for non-compliant browsers

If you’re the not the type of person who writes CSS in their dreams, you may want to watch this github repository.

Some people who are smarter than I am curate a list of Flexbox bugs and their workarounds there.

It’s the first place I look when something isn’t working as I expect.

I’ll be working you through some prominent bugs in the practical section coming next too.

So you’re covered!