CSS: Visual Optimization

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Free Online Course: CSS: Visual Optimization provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. CSS: Visual Optimization is taught by Justin Seeley.

Overview
  • Take a tour of a workflow that optimizes CSS code for easier navigation, organization, and readability.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • Using the exercise files
    1. Getting Started
    • The importance of clean code
    • Exploring clean vs. messy style sheets
    • The importance of the reset
    2. Organizing Your Code
    • Developing a CSS table of contents
    • Creating section headings
    • Indenting your code for readability
    • Best practices for class names
    3. Commenting Your Code
    • What is a comment?
    • Writing single-line comments
    • Creating multiline comments
    4. Writing Clean Code
    • Using font families
    • Avoiding unnecessary tags and classes
    • Using CSS shorthand
    • Avoiding redundancy with selector groups
    5. Useful Techniques
    • Creating a master color guide
    • Creating a master typography guide
    • Creating a structure template
    • Using a master CSS file
    6. Speeding Up Your Code
    • Removing unnecessary line breaks
    • Simplifying comments
    • Removing unused selectors
    • Using tools to minify your CSS
    Conclusion
    • Goodbye