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Interactive guide to CSS grid

www.joshwcomeau.com An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid

CSS Grid is an incredibly powerful tool for building layouts on the web, but like all powerful tools, there's a significant learning curve. In this tutorial, we'll build a mental model for how CSS Grid works and how we can use it effectively. I'll share the biggest đź’ˇ lightbulb moments I've had in m...

An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid
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  • Since using tailwindcss, grids became my favorite layout. After reading this article, that is even more the case.

  • This is a great resources for css-grid newbies, but for a single page reference with all the info I need, I rely on: https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/complete-guide-grid/

    It's basically an online book on grid-css that takes a while to read through in it's entirety, but after doing it a few times you'll understand grid on a deeper level.

    Once you understand the layout, you can quickly find what you're looking for. The rough rules for the site are:

    1. Content lives is accordions, hide what you don't want to see.
    2. The grid's container info is on the left column
    3. The grid item info is on the right column