Start modifying how your pages look and feel in this introductory exploration of CSS.

Web Essentials

If you’re looking to style your front-end, this module is for you. You'll find it particularly useful if you're coming from some other area of software development, although prior experience is not required.

In this module, you will start with a short tour of CSS. You’ll get to experiment with it through examples that explain its role and behavior. From there, you will then dive deep into each technology, exploring concepts like CSS patterns to make your web pages look good.

By the end of this module, you will be able to beautify your own web applications.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Using length measurements, a vaild declaration looks like this:

    p {
        background-size: 150px 200px
    }

When length measurements are used, the background image  is scaled to the specified length values. The first value specifies the size along the x-axis, and the second along the y-axis i.e left to right, and top to bottom.

Here's a visual example:

As opposed to keywords, backgrounds may also be sized using length measurements. Here's how it works.

Before We Begin

Getting started with CSS

Oh My Selectors!

CSS Fundamentals Everyone Should Know

Colors, colors, colors!

We all Need Units

Typography in CSS

The Box Model

Challenge: Practice with Texts, Margin, Padding and Borders

Getting creative with Backgrounds

Project: Build a Movie Order Page

Making Sense of CSS Gradients

Hands-on Practice with Gradients

Project: Build a Sign Up Page for a Startup

{New} Teach Me Positioning Like I'm Five

{New} A Detailed Look at CSS Variables ( a.k.a Custom Properties

{New} CSS Variables Real World Applications

{New} Long Live the CSS Grid

Final Words

Conclusion

Sizing Backgrounds Using Length Measurements