January 2015
Intermediate
5h 10m
English
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Overview
CSS is a powerful language for creating and controlling your website’s presentation, but it’s more of a visual language than a traditional coding tool. With this video workshop, you’ll quickly learn how to solve a wide range of style issues with CSS, whether you’re a web designer just starting to code, an experienced developer looking to refresh your skills, or a student looking to get into web design.
UX designer Adrian Mendoza starts with the basics and then adds layers of code and complexity as the course progresses. Along the way, you’ll learn how to create a non-functional spec, build a style guide, and develop page templates.
- Get an overview of CSS with a basic demo
- Set up your programing environment and organize your files
- Learn the basic CSS types and explore CSS syntax
- Create a non-functional spec: a document based on business decisions that affect coding
- Build a style guide for color, font styles, links, padding, margins, borders, and backgrounds
- Develop a page template with Div styles, layouts, and buttons
- Code and test your CSS for cross-browser compatibility
- Optimize CSS and minimize your code for performance
Adrian Mendoza has spent more than 20 years working in design and user experience. Founder of Mendoza Design, he has consulted on a variety of user experience for web and mobile projects.
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