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A Complete Guide to Getting Started with CSS

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CSS is an amazing and unique language that servers a great purpose. We can make our website visually good using CSS. It describe the presentation of web pages, including typography,. layouts, color etc...

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We can't imagine web development without CSS. See two attached images

1. With CSS
2. Without CSS

Now imagine all websites without styling....

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$@_itz__ali We can't imagine web development without CSS. See two attached images1. With CSS2. Without CSSNow imagine all websites without styling....{ 2 / 23 }$

First and foremost

The characterstic of a great website is it's color scheme. Forget about everything and learn about background and color properties initially.

The colors are something from which users interact first whenever they visit your webpage

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There are a lot of great color palette out there using which you can generate pleasant color schemes

Check this great tool for generating accessible colors

https://color.adobe.com/create/color-accessibility

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Don't think that background property is just for setting the solid color. Background is a shorthand property for background-image, background-position etc..

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Height and width property are pretty intuitive. These are used to set fixed height and width to the element

I suggest to give a look at max, min-width and max, min-height properties as well.

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I hope you got it why CSS is important for web development. Alright let's move onto asctually discussion that how you start learning it

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Box model is one of the most important concept of CSS. It's not so tough to learn. The box-model covers

- Height
- Width
- Padding
- Border
- Margin

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Proper and uniform separation of elements is something that can give your webpage a appealing look. Margin and padding can do this for you.

Give this article a short read for Definitive guide of padding and margin
https://uxengineer.com/padding-vs-margin/

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Padding vs Margin: The Definitive Guide – UX Engineer

Padding and margin have two different purposes. Padding is for spacing within elements. Margin is for spacing between elements. However, there's more to it!

https://uxengineer.com/padding-vs-margin/

Border are used to set the color, width and style to elements. You can learn it in 5 minSmiling face with open mouth and smiling eyes

Some good border selection can give your element a good pleasant look

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