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Common Beginner CSS Mistakes

Kevin Powell via YouTube

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Explore five common CSS mistakes beginners often make and learn how to improve your coding practices in this informative video tutorial. Discover why certain declarations can be problematic, understand the pitfalls of overusing Flexbox, and learn the importance of using flexible values. Gain insights into creating meaningful class names and avoiding unnecessary element numbering. Finally, understand the drawbacks of relying too heavily on absolute positioning. Enhance your CSS skills and create more efficient, maintainable stylesheets by avoiding these common pitfalls.

Syllabus

- Introduction
- Useless declarations that can cause problems
- Over-reliance of Flexbox
- Using very specific values
- Terrible class names and numbering elements for no reason
- Over-reliance on position absolute

Taught by

Kevin Powell

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