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Learn CSS Grid First
With special guest Stephanie Eckles
We talk with Stephanie Eckles – the brain behind ModernCSS.dev and SmolCSS.dev – about CSS grids. We look at a few of the most common grid patterns, to show you how (and why) you can get started working grids into your CSS toolkit!
- Winging It Ep 10: Learn CSS Grid First (this episode)
- Winging It Ep 12: Learn CSS Grid - Part 2
What we cover:
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- When do you use grid vs flexbox?
- CSS Grid Terminology
Different grid techniques:
- Implicit grid to add spacing and alignment
- Auto-repeating grids for gallery layouts
auto-fitvs.auto-fill- Grid areas for overlapping content
- Named lines
minmax()- Single-area grids vs. absolute positioning
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