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My First CSS - What I Wish I Knew About CSS When Starting Out As A Frontender

CSS can be hard to grasp when you’re starting out. It can seem like magic wizardry and you can very easily find yourself playing whack-a-mole adjusting one property only to have something else break. It is frustrating, and that was my experience for quite a long time before things suddenly seemed to “click”.

Reflecting back on this time, I think there are a few key concepts that were vital to things finally all making sense and fitting together. These were…

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