Day 3

Wow, today I learned about CSS. I've already had some basic HTML training a couple of times in the past (which I promptly forgot), but it is coming back to me. CSS is a whole new bag of tricks to me. I learned about referencing the stylesheet and the div tag in my html files. From there I created a css file that I used to tell my h1 headers to be blue and at a certain size, then learned how to used the div tag I put in my html files to tell the body of my page what to do. Things like, no margin, be wrapped in a gray box, have a buffer and a limited width.

I'll have to give my props to Chris Coyier over at CSS Tricks for an awesome beginners video (if you want to watch check out video #58). So has anyone else had experience with CSS before? What's your take on it? Personally, I think it's a great idea. When I first learned HTML back in the 90s, it was HTML 3 and there was no such thing as a stylesheet. I also remember the hassle of making pages in Word and having to add all the extra code to get them all to look the same. Now, I just have one reference and voila! Can't get better than that.

- Justin

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