Course Details
Cost
$29/mo
Upcoming Schedule
- On demand
Course Provider
Code School online courses
Code School is all about learning through hands-on experience. Delve into the
fundamentals of design, like learning about color theory through interactive
videos and challenges. Those apps you see on your smartphone? The next one
could be designed by you. Explore mobile web design with professor Jason
VanLue, who is living proof that learning by doing really works, as he is a
self-taught designer and is head of the design team at Code School and Envy
Labs. In addition to online classes, yo...
Code School is all about learning through hands-on experience. Delve into the
fundamentals of design, like learning about color theory through interactive
videos and challenges. Those apps you see on your smartphone? The next one
could be designed by you. Explore mobile web design with professor Jason
VanLue, who is living proof that learning by doing really works, as he is a
self-taught designer and is head of the design team at Code School and Envy
Labs. In addition to online classes, you can also learn through screencasts,
where industry experts such as Google and Pearson record what is happening on
their computer screen, guiding you through the basics all the way to advanced
techniques. Follow their skill “paths”, earn points, and win badges to become
an expert in HTML, JavaScript, iOS, and more. Code School's knowledgeable
professors, hands-on courses and interactive videos and challenges can help
you master any field.
Provider Subject Specialization
Sciences & Technology
Course Description
Explore the fundamentals of CSS, and review all the web-styling tools needed for front-end efficiency.
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Kvzb
None/10 starsCompleted
7 years, 2 months ago
After a few years of using CSS as one of my main professional tools, this
course was more about consolidating knowledge acquired around scattered
sources and while working on various projects. It fulfilled this purpose well,
and I managed to learn a few extra bits of skill. This would be a godsend for
beginners, and I still recommend it for accomplished designers.
Soyburgers
None/10 starsCompleted
7 years, 2 months ago
As someone teaching themselves CSS, HTML and javascript, I find these courses
invaluable. Although I was already fairly familiar with much of what the
course covered, the bits I did learn were so practical that I groaned when I
realized how much simpler it would have made my styelsheets if I had been
aware of them previously. If you are teaching yourself CSS I would highly
recommend this course, if you are anything like me you may have totally
neglected learning some very simple and practical things that you would
otherwise not even be aware of.
HearMeRoR
None/10 starsCompleted
7 years, 2 months ago
First, let me thank you for the hard work that goes into creating an online
class like this - the teachers, Code School team, and everyone else deserves a
huge thank you for the incredible job you are doing. Thank you for empowering
a new generation of coders. That said, I'm a person with zero CSS experience
and I was hoping for a bit more context about the language and it's structure
(similar to what was done at the beginning of Rails for Zombies). I frequently
found myself pausing the video and Googling or replaying just to get an idea
of what was going on and why. Furthermore, the examples didn't have the sense
of building on one another and ultimately yielded an aesthetically
questionable results. I understand there is a lot of ground to cover and it
can be difficult, but both the above mentioned elements would contribute to
the sense of accomplishment and of developing transferable skills. Despite the
few drawbacks, the course w...
First, let me thank you for the hard work that goes into creating an online
class like this - the teachers, Code School team, and everyone else deserves a
huge thank you for the incredible job you are doing. Thank you for empowering
a new generation of coders. That said, I'm a person with zero CSS experience
and I was hoping for a bit more context about the language and it's structure
(similar to what was done at the beginning of Rails for Zombies). I frequently
found myself pausing the video and Googling or replaying just to get an idea
of what was going on and why. Furthermore, the examples didn't have the sense
of building on one another and ultimately yielded an aesthetically
questionable results. I understand there is a lot of ground to cover and it
can be difficult, but both the above mentioned elements would contribute to
the sense of accomplishment and of developing transferable skills. Despite the
few drawbacks, the course was certainly helpful and I'm grateful for your
collective effort.
mindgraffiti
None/10 starsCompleted
7 years, 2 months ago
For anyone who wants to refresh their CSS skills or dive into the basics of
positioning, this is the perfect place. Chock-full of the best methods for
solving common problems (such as better element clearing and scaling images)
and in-depth articles to learn more about each aspect of CSS.
JAH2488
None/10 starsCompleted
7 years, 2 months ago
As an experienced web developer, there was little new ground covered in this
course, but the review was still extremely useful! A few of these techniques
had never occurred to me, especially in the later levels. More importantly, I
feel that a course such as this is a great foundation for those who are
learning CSS for the first time and will help them avoid bad habits and
headaches the rest of us have gone through.
thisismonica
None/10 starsCompleted
7 years, 2 months ago
After taking this course I feel very confident with my CSS skills. I already
knew some CSS but wasn't very familiar with concepts like pseudo classes,
pseudo elements or specifity. I've picked up many tricks that I can't wait to
use on real projects. This course answered all the questions I had about CSS!
byronanderson
None/10 starsCompleted
7 years, 2 months ago
This is exactly the introduction to CSS concepts that I needed. Very
straightforward and helpful presentations. The only thing I can say is that
mentioning Sass earlier, and trying to introduce a workflow similar to what
the series exercises are based off of- instant feedback. I use livereload to
automate reloading the page every time I write to a css file. For CSS concept
learning, however, this is ideal.
Joshua Warchol
None/10 starsCompleted
7 years, 2 months ago
CSS Cross-Country does a reasonable job of covering a very broad topic in the
time available for a single CS course. The UI mechanicals are tight and
effective, showing the continued refinement of the CS platform. Some of the
challenges took a bit longer to submit than I expected (up to 10 seconds it
seemed). I attribute this perhaps to the load of other students, or the CSS
testing system took longer to init. In any case, each challenge was completed
and there were no visible errors or other problems. Good job on QA! I found a
few of the challenges somewhat hard to understand on the first reading. The
formation of the challenge directives were precise, but they were phrased in a
designer dialect that my developer brain had trouble groking on first take.
Sort of like understanding Canadians. I felt like this course should come
after an equivalent to "Try Ruby", aka Try CSS. I found myself having to go
grab a CSS reference to look up ...
CSS Cross-Country does a reasonable job of covering a very broad topic in the
time available for a single CS course. The UI mechanicals are tight and
effective, showing the continued refinement of the CS platform. Some of the
challenges took a bit longer to submit than I expected (up to 10 seconds it
seemed). I attribute this perhaps to the load of other students, or the CSS
testing system took longer to init. In any case, each challenge was completed
and there were no visible errors or other problems. Good job on QA! I found a
few of the challenges somewhat hard to understand on the first reading. The
formation of the challenge directives were precise, but they were phrased in a
designer dialect that my developer brain had trouble groking on first take.
Sort of like understanding Canadians. I felt like this course should come
after an equivalent to "Try Ruby", aka Try CSS. I found myself having to go
grab a CSS reference to look up some properties that were needed in the
challenges but not or barely discussed in the videos. Perhaps some sort of
reference could be included in the UI? I'm talking about the order of args in
shorthand notations, etc. The videos were fine, but Nick and Aimee didn't seem
as comfortable presenting as some of the previous courses' authors did. I bet
as they make more courses they'll loosen up and get into a groove. The
examples were effective, and I benefited from the diagrams showing float
wrapping, margin collapsing, etc. The jokes and references in the course made
me wonder if anyone at Envy Labs has been skiing or seen snow ;-)