Table of Contents
Introduction
Style Guide Project
Style Guide Overview
Jen walks through a screenshot of a finished version of the Style Guide project and the starting CodePen content. Students are instructed to complete the instructions for the Style Guide challenge 1A.
Style Guide: Fonts & Font Sizes
Jen walks through the solution to the font and font sizes portion of the Style Guide project. Creating a font scale, CSS variables, and utilizing calc() is also covered in this segment.
Style Guide: Image & Links
Jen demonstrates styling the image and links in the Style Guide project, including the image size and rounding the image corners. Inheritance, the box model, and styling the header are also covered in this segment.
Style Guide: Colors
Jen adds a highlight color with a gradient to the fancy-text class and adds styling to the color blocks. The selector for all immediate children and border-box sizing are also discussed in this segment.
Columns & Cover Project
Columns & Cover Overview
Jen walks through a screenshot of a finished version of the Columns & Cover project and the starting CodePen content. Students are then instructed to write the semantic HTML for challenge 1B.
Column & Cover: Semantic HTML
Jen walks through defining the Column and Cover project's semantic HTML and answers a student's question regarding the target attribute. Semantic HTML elements clearly describe the meaning of their contents in a human and machine-readable way.
Column & Cover: Mobile Layout
Jen instructs students to define the mobile layout for the Column and Cover project and then walks through the solution. Student questions regarding if grid can have dynamic rows, changing a grid item's display order, and using a figure instead of a div element are also covered in this segment.
Column & Cover: Media Queries
Jen instructs students to utilize media queries and create the tablet version of the application. The solution to the tablet layout and student questions regarding object-fit and object-position are also provided in this segment.
Columns & Cover: Desktop Layout
Jen instructs students to define the CSS for the desktop version of the application and then walks through the solution. Utilizing grid columns to automatically divide text and what happens when a selector is in two different breakpoints is also covered in this segment.
Background & Overflow Project
Background & Overflow Project Overview
Jen walks through some features of the finished version of the Background and Overflow project and instructs students to write the semantic HTML for the Backgrounds and Overflow project. The solution for the semantic HTML is also covered in this segment.
Background & Overflow: Mobile Layout
Jen instructs students to create the default mobile layout for the application. The solution to the mobile layout and the accessibility of hiding elements are also covered in this segment.
Background & Overflow: Scrollbar
Jen demonstrates how to have the scrollbar on the wrapper instead of the browser window. Creating a custom scrollbar for both WebKit browsers and Firefox is also covered in this segment.
Background & Overflow: Media Queries
Jen instructs students to utilize media queries and define the tablet layout of the application. The solution to the media queries exercise is also covered in this segment.
Background & Overflow: Desktop Layout
Jen walks through defining the desktop layout of the application utilizing media queries and a grid-based layout.
Grid Project
Grid Project Overview
Jen walks through screenshots of a finished version of the Wacky Grid project and gives a hint about how to approach the desktop layout. Students are then instructed to complete the semantic HTML and the solution is walked through.
Grid: Mobile Layout
Jen discusses some key features of the mobile layout and instructs students to create the mobile layout for the Wacky Grid. The solution to the mobile layout is also covered in this segment.
Grid: Tablet Layout
Jen demonstrates the layout changes between the mobile layout and the tablet layout and instructs students to complete the tablet layout. The solution for the tablet layout is also provided in the segment.
Grid: Desktop Layout
Jen discusses utilizing a configuration grid to help decide the image locations and instructs students to complete the Wacky Grid desktop layout. The solution to the desktop layout is also covered in this segment.
Team Project
Team Project Overview
Jen walks through key features of the Quirky Team project, including circle images, social media icons, and utilizing the z-index.
Team: Semantic HTML
Jen instructs students to complete the semantic HTML markup for the Quirky Team project. The solution to the Quirky Team semantic HTML is also covered in this segment.
Team: Mobile Layout
Jen discusses the Quirky Team mobile layout and instructs students to define the CSS for round images and text styling. The solution for the mobile layout, not including the icons, is also covered in this segment.
Team: Icons
Jen walks through styling and positioning the social media icons for the Quirky Team mobile layout. The icons are positioned by utilizing pseudo-classes and absolute positioning.
Team: Tablet & Desktop Layouts
Jen instructs students to complete the CSS for both the tablet and desktop layouts. A student's question regarding the order of icon pseudo-classes is also covered in this segment.
Cards Project
Cards Overview
Jen walks through the final versions of the Outrageous Cards layouts and points out key features of each layout to keep in mind when writing the CSS styling.
Cards: Semantic HTML
Jen asks students to consider the various effects when grouping semantic elements and instructs students to write the semantic HTML markup for the Outrageous Cards. A possible solution the the semantic HTML markup is also covered in this segment.
Cards: Mobile Portrait Layout
Jen instructs students to complete the mobile portrait layout for the Outrageous Cards project. The solution for the mobile portrait layout is also covered in this segment.
Cards: Mobile Landscape Layout
Jen instructs students to complete the layout for the mobile landscape breakpoint. The transform property or writing mode in CSS logical properties could possibly be used to rotate the text. The solution to the mobile landscape layout is also covered in this segment.
Cards: Tablet Layout
Jen instructs students to complete the tablet layout for the Outrageous Cards project. The solution to the tablet layout is also covered in this segment.
Cards: Desktop Layout
Jen discusses key features of the Outrageous Cards desktop layout and instructs students to complete the CSS for the desktop layout. The solution for the desktop layout, which utilizes flexbox, is also covered in this segment.
