Making Sense of the CSS Box Model

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Free Online Course: Making Sense of the CSS Box Model 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. Making Sense of the CSS Box Model is taught by Morten Rand-Hendriksen.

Overview
  • Review the core concepts of the CSS box model, including techniques such as styling text and images, floating content, using display properties, and positioning elements.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Making sense of the CSS Box Model
    1. Appetizer: The Web Is Made of Boxes
    • Displaying information through the web
    • The web is made of boxes
    • Designing with boxes
    2. Entrée: The Origin of the Box in Typography
    • Understanding the basics of type
    • Change the type, change the box
    • Text flow in the box
    3. Main Course: Understanding the Box Model
    • What is the CSS Box Model?
    • Changing the contents within the box
    • Understanding the display porperty
    • Sidebar: Images are inline elements
    • Position is everything
    • Floating and clearing content
    • Using the clearfix
    • Pseudo elements: Making the browser hallucinate
    4. Dessert: The Brave New World of Layouts
    • Modern layout modules
    • Flex: Content-based layouts
    • Flex in depth
    • Grid: Layout-based layouts
    • Grid in depth
    5. Nightcap
    • Shapes
    • Going further with CSS and web standards