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CSS architecture

How should you write CSS to ensure it's easy to read, maintain and scale as a website grows?

Questions to consider

  1. Why are CSS naming conventions useful?

  2. When might specificity become a problem?

  3. How can composition help us build UIs?

CSS layout

How does CSS decide where to put elements on the page?

Questions to consider

  1. What is the box model?

  2. How does the display property affect layout?

  3. How does the position property affect layout?

Responsive design

How do you design and build a webpage that looks good on any device?

Questions to consider

  1. What CSS units should we use for dimensions? What are absolute and relative units?

  2. When should you use a media query? Are they only for screen size?

  3. How can mobile-first CSS make responsive styling easier?

Github projects

Questions to consider

  1. How can we leverage Github projects to help us plan and track work?

Accessibility

How do you write markup so that your page is accessible to as many users as possible?

Questions to consider

  1. Who does semantic HTML benefit?

  2. How does ARIA relate to HTML?

  3. What's the difference between accessible and inclusive?

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