The Fundamentals: HTML + CSS
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about the “fundamentals” of web development and what you need to know - HTML, CSS foundations and more!
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Show Notes
1:54 - Learning fundamentals vs framework specialists
- Learning vs getting a job
- Abstractions work well until they don’t and you need to debug them
HTML
7:58 - Semantic markup
9:15 - Accessibility basics
9:57 - Attributes
CSS
16:13 - Specificity
22:42 - Selectors
24:52 - Layouts
27:53 - Box model
32:50 - Positioning
36:42 - Forms and inputs
40:45 - Block vs inline vs inline-block
43:09 - Sizing units
44:40 - Typography
47:53 - Media Queries
Links
- Interviewing candidates with a lack of fundamentals - Tweet
- Jean-Philippe Sirois Tweet
- Syntax 72: Accessibility
- Syntax 107: Hasty Treat - CSS Units
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- Scott’s new course - “Debugging and Dev Tools”
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