Introduction to Responsive Web Development with HTML and CSS
Specificity and structure in style sheets
A course by Javier Usobiaga Ferrer , Web designer
About the video: Specificity and structure in style sheets
Overview
“Organizing our style sheet is essential to avoid errors and to expand or correct it in the future. Let's see some recommendations.”
In this video lesson Javier Usobiaga Ferrer addresses the topic: Specificity and structure in style sheets, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Responsive Web Development with HTML and CSS. Learn the basics of front-end web development.
Partial transcription of the video
“Organizing our style sheets is essential to avoid errors and correct them in the future. Let's look at recommendations. I want to start by explaining a bit more about how specificity and the cascade work. Let's apply this paragraph with the example class. If I have a font-size declaration of 18 pixels for that paragraph. and a bit further down. in the same style sheet. i have another font-size declaration of 20 pixels. The second declaration overrides the first because it comes later. same specificity The second overwrites. However. if I am a bit more specific. that is. i say it is the exam...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Responsive Web Development with HTML and CSS
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Javier Usobiaga Ferrer
A course by Javier Usobiaga Ferrer
Javier Usobiaga is a Web Designer for 10 years and co-founder with Marta Armada Swwweet studio, specialized in designing responsive webs from the initial conception to the front-end development.
He also enjoys a lot in his facet as professor of Web Design in renowned workshops and schools like Elisava, IDEP.
Usobiaga understands the web as a whole, not only how beautiful it can be on the computer screen, but its usability in different devices and circumstances.
In his words "I think that as important as the aesthetic is how fast it charges or how well it responds, and I think that in our industry we often forget about that."
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