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CSS Basics

Learn modern CSS from the ground up. Build a sleek, dark-themed landing page chapter by chapter, starting with a single styled card and growing into a fully responsive multi-section page.

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About this course

CSS is how the web gets its look. It controls the colors, spacing, and layout that turn plain, unstyled HTML into a real design.

In this course you'll build a sleek, dark-themed landing page chapter by chapter, starting from a single styled card and growing into a fully responsive, multi-section page.

What you'll learn

  • Styling text with colors, fonts, and typography
  • The box model: padding, borders, and margins
  • Laying pages out with Flexbox and CSS Grid
  • Positioning elements and handling hover and focus states
  • Making designs responsive so they look right on any screen

Prerequisites

  • Comfortable writing basic HTML
  • No CSS experience required

New to HTML? Start with HTML Basics (opens in a new tab). Ready to add behavior next? Continue with JavaScript Basics (opens in a new tab).

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Brad Traversy

Founder of Traversy Media and an educator known for practical, project-focused web development courses.

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