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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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, footers, and a lot more.

By the end of this course, you will be able to use Flexbox in your own projects to create beautiful layouts.

Designing Web Layouts with CSS and Flexbox

In the previous chapter, we have learned how to set up Flexbox containers. Now it is time to concentrate on the Flexbox items inside a Flexbox container. 

Flexbox item properties help us configure item-wide exceptions to alignment rules, and dynamic properties. This helps us influence how each flex item shrinks or grows as space gets scarce.

We will learn the following Flexbox item properties: 

- `align-self`,
- `flex-grow`,
- `flex-shrink`,
- `flex-basis`, 
- `flex`.

Using the principles of spaced repetition, we will go through many examples that will help us learn Flexbox as a skill in a sustainable way. Spaced repetition is a technique where we keep repeating the same concept at increasing repetition intervals. For instance, if you come across a new concept today then you might consider revising the concept tomorrow or in three days, a week, in three weeks, in two months, etc. The more familiar you are with a concept, the more time you can afford between revisions.

There is no better way to illustrate what we are going to learn than an interactive demo. Feel free to try out the new properties and values to get a feel for what you are about to learn.



After learning how to control Flexbox containers, it is time to customize individual Flexbox items.

Getting Started

Using Flexbox Containers

Aligning Individual Flexbox Items

Designing a Mobile-first Website Using Flexbox

Flexbox Conclusion and Next Steps

Introduction to Flexbox Item Properties