Gain insights into advanced CSS concepts, delve into responsive design, explore animations, learn practical projects, and discover powerful tools. Perfect for backend engineers and budding developers.

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👉🏻 COURSE CONTENT?
1. A detailed look at CSS Fundamentals
2. Practical SVG for today
3. A Sane Guide to Responsive Design
4. Creating sleek Interfaces with CSS Animations and Transitions
5. Writing Maintainable CSS and tips for CSS at Scale
6. Learn the CSS Grid by Building ... wait for it! 😉
7. Get a Private slack Invite where you can ask me anything
8. Gain a Solid Understanding of CSS Fundamentals 
9. Build Practical Projects
10. Flexbox, Variables, Gradients, Backgrounds, Responsive Images, Handy pro tools, and many more! 

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The course assumes no previous knowledge of CSS

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2. Budding developers looking to create beautiful applications 
3. Generally, engineers who want to stand out by truly understanding the internals of CSS

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The Complete Advanced Guide to CSS



In one of the first examples in this section,  we used a large background image within a smaller element.   

The result was that the image got cut off. What if we didn't want this behavior​?
 
Here's the example again. 

.bg {
    height: 100vh;
    background-image: url("https://static.pexels.com/photos/45170/kittens-cat-cat-puppy-rush-45170.jpeg"); 
}












<html>
 <head>
   <title> Background Sizing via Keywords </title> 
 </head>
 <body>
   <div class="bg"></div>
 </body>
</html>


$(document).ready(function () {
$('#content').html('<span>Hello World!</span>');
});


codemirror

This time we'll size the background image using these keywords. Like this:

```css

background-size: contain

```

Alright, do it yourself. 

In the playground above, write:

```css

background-size: contain

```

what effect does this have?

Also, go ahead and change the declaration to this: 
```css

background-size: cover

``` 

In both cases, observe the results. 

What do you notice?

Go ahead, I'll wait.

<br>
<br>

# Here's what you must have noticed.

_`cover` will **cover** the entire space required while keeping the aspect ratio of the image. Most times this will suffice._

_`contain` will **contain** the entire image within the space required. If more space is left, the background will be repeated._


The great thing is, on resizing your browser, the background image will be dynamically updated too. 



There are two keywords for sizing backgrounds. "contain" and "cover". Let's see how they work.

Introduction

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: Hands-on 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

Sizing Backgrounds Using Keywords