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Designing Web Layouts with CSS and Flexbox

Gain insights into designing mobile-responsive web layouts using Flexbox. Delve into Box Model basics, Flexbox containers, and item alignment, and apply your knowledge to create stunning, mobile-first websites.

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This course includes

64 Lessons

66 Playgrounds

11 Challenges

13 Quizzes

Course Overview

What You'll Learn

Course Content

Course Overview

In this course, you will get hands-on experience in designing mobile-responsive web layouts using Flexbox. You will start with the basics like the Box Model and the process of layouting. You will then move on to advanced concepts such as Flexbox containers, and aligning individual Flexbox items. Near the end of the course, you will put everything you just learned into practice. You will work on a project that focuses on developing a mobile-first website where you’ll experiment with page layout, headers, fo...Show More

In this course, you will get hands-on experience in designing mobile-responsive web layouts using Flexbox. You will start with t...Show More

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

Application Layer

Structures

What You'll Learn

Learn the basics of creating web layouts

Understand how Flexbox works

Get hands on experience in designing mobile-responsive web layouts using Flexbox

Learn the basics of creating web layouts

Course Content

Getting Started

11 Lessons

Get familiar with essential CSS concepts, box model, and responsive design using Flexbox.

Course Introduction

CSS Basics

Box Model Review

The Process of Layouting

Challenges with Traditional Layouting

Traditional Layouting - Solution with Flexbox

Media Queries, Responsive Design, Mobile-First

Flexbox Layouting Exercise

Flexbox Layouting Solution

CSS Review Quiz

CSS Review Summary

Using Flexbox Containers

21 Lessons

Walk through the essentials of Flexbox containers, covering alignment, wrapping, and directional layouts.

Introduction to Flexbox

Using Flexbox - Exercise

Using Flexbox - Solutions

Flex-direction

Flex-direction Exercise

Flex-direction Solution

Justify-content

Justify-content Exercises

Justify-content Solution

Align-items

Align-items Exercises

Flex-flow: Combining flex-direction and flex-wrap

Align-content

Align-content Exercise

Align-content Solution

Flex Container Quiz

Using Flexbox Containers - Summary

Aligning Individual Flexbox Items

18 Lessons

Work your way through aligning flex items using properties like align-self, flex-grow, and order.

Introduction to Flexbox Item Properties

Align-self

Align-self Exercise

Align-self Solution

Flex-grow and flex-basis

Flex-grow and Flex-basis Exercise

Flex-grow and Flex-basis Solution

Flex-shrink

Flex-shrink Exercise

Flex-shrink Solution

Flex Shorthand Notation

Flex Shorthand Notation Exercise

Flex Shorthand Notation Solution

Aligning Individual Flexbox Items - Summary

Designing a Mobile-first Website Using Flexbox

13 Lessons

Apply your skills to create a mobile-first website using Flexbox for responsive design.

Project Introduction

Page Layout

Header Component Layout

Footer Component

Main Banner Title and Tagline

Blog post Box Layouting

Highlighted Blogposts

Flexbox Wrapping in Incomplete Rows

Form Input Field Markup and Layout

Contact Form Markup

Removing the Layout Indicators

Final Quiz

Summary

Flexbox Conclusion and Next Steps

1 Lessons

Map out the steps for mastering Flexbox and transitioning to the CSS Grid system.

Conclusion and Next Steps

Course Author

Zsolt Nagy

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