CSS For Backend Developers
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This document discusses essential CSS concepts for backend developers, including semantic HTML, the box model, specificity, and responsive design techniques. It covers best practices for HTML structure and layout, as well as the use of CSS properties like display and positioning. Resources and tools are provided to aid in understanding and implementing CSS effectively.
![SPECIFICITY
SELECTORS SPECIFICITY SORTED FROM LOWEST TO HIGHEST
1. Element and pseudo‐element
div {}
p::after {}
2. Class, pseudo‐class and attribute
.container {}
.listitem:firstchild {}
[href^='https://'] {}
3. IDs
#userschart {}
#mainnav {}
4. Inline styles
<ul style="liststyletype: none"></ul>
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![WHICH SELECTOR WINS THE BATTLE?
UL#MAIN‐NAV .SELECTED‐ITEM [HREF=^"HTTPS://"]
0 1 2 1
UL.NAV‐WRAP LI:NTH‐CHILD(5) A
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CSS For Backend Developers
- 1. CSS FOR BACKEND DEVSCreated by / Marta Sztybor (http://martasztybor.pl) @sztyborek (http://twitter.com/sztyborek)
- 2. IF YOU'VE EVER FELT LIKE THIS WHILE EDITING CSS...
- 3. ...THIS TALK IS FOR YOU.
- 4. LET'S TALK ABOUT BASICS FIRST
- 7. HOW? Divitis! <div id="header"> <div id="logo"></div> </div> <div id="topNav"></div> <div id="leftCol"></div> <div id="rightCol"></div> <div id="footer"></div>
- 8. THE SOLUTION <header> <div id="logo"></div> </header> <nav></nav> <aside></aside> <main></main> <footer></footer>
- 12. BEFORE YOU BEGIN STYLING It's important to add some or . They'll help you to cope with most of the browser inconsistencies. Such stylesheets are usually included in frameworks (usually don't bother if you are using a framework). Why? I'll explain in the next few slides. normalize (https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/) reset (http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/)
- 13. AND HERE IS WHERE THE PARTY BEGINS!
- 16. CASCADING ORDER FROM LOWEST TO HIGHTEST 1. User agent normal stylesheets 2. User agent !important stylesheets 3. User normal stylesheets 4. Author normal stylesheets 5. Author !important stylesheets 6. User !important stylesheets
- 19. SPECIFICITY SELECTORS SPECIFICITY SORTED FROM LOWEST TO HIGHEST 1. Element and pseudo‐element div {} p::after {} 2. Class, pseudo‐class and attribute .container {} .listitem:firstchild {} [href^='https://'] {} 3. IDs #userschart {} #mainnav {} 4. Inline styles <ul style="liststyletype: none"></ul> Attributes with !important overide even inline styles.
- 21. WHICH SELECTOR WINS THE BATTLE? UL#MAIN‐NAV .SELECTED‐ITEM [HREF=^"HTTPS://"] 0 1 2 1 UL.NAV‐WRAP LI:NTH‐CHILD(5) A 0 0 2 3
- 22. LEARN CSS SPECIFICITY WITH THE GALACTIC EMPIRE (HTTPS://STUFFANDNONSENSE.CO.UK/ARCHIVES /CSS_SPECIFICITY_WARS.HTML)
- 24. MAY THE SPECIFICITY FORCE BE WITH YOU Try to keep your selectors specificity as low as possible, as they'll be easier to understand and maintain. In general, it's recommended to organize selectors in a stylesheet with an increasing specificity. Avoid ID selectors, because they are hard to override. Try using naming conventions such as , or . BEM (http://getbem.com/introduction/) BEMIT (http://csswizardry.com/2015/08/bemit‐taking‐the‐bem‐naming‐ convention‐a‐step‐further/) SUIT (http://suitcss.github.io/)
- 27. WHAT IS THE MAGICAL BOX MODEL? source: W3C (http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/box.html)
- 28. THE PROBLEM width: 300px Declared box width: 300px Rendered box width: 342px Oh my! It doesn't compute! .boxofchocolates { width: 300px; padding: 20px; border: 1px solid #333; }
- 29. THE SOLUTION Rendered width = content + padding + border * { boxsizing: contentbox; } Rendered width = content width * { boxsizing: borderbox; }
- 31. HOW TO DISPLAY?
- 33. MOST POPULAR DISPLAY PROPERTIES Left & right margins Top & bottom margins Set height or width Force line break after vertical‐ align Inline ✔ ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔ Block ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ Inline‐ block ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔
- 34. A SIMPLE GUIDE TO CSS POSITIONING
- 35. HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE... BOX 1 ...but ended up like BOX 1 BOX 2 BOX 2
- 37. POSITON: STATIC Default position property. Element laid out in its current position in the flow. z‐index property doesn't apply. .box { width: 200px; height: 200px; background: #14FFF4; }
- 38. POSITON: RELATIVE Adjusts element position without changing layout (leaves the space for the element where it should have been when not being positoned). z‐index property applies. .box2 { position: relative; top: 40px; left: 40px; }
- 39. POSITON: ABSOLUTE Does not leave the space for the element. Positions element at a specified position relative to its closest relative positioned ancestor or to the containing block. z‐index property applies. .box2 { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 100px; }
- 40. POSITON: FIXED Does not leave the space for the element. Positions element at a specified position relative to the viewport. z‐index property applies. .box2 { position: fixed; top: 0; left: 10px; }
- 42. HOW FLOATS WORK
- 44. MICRO CLEARFIX /* Contain floats *and margins*. */ .cf:before, .cf:after { content: ' '; display: table; } .cf:after { clear: both; } The float containment works the same way as the traditional “clearing” approach, but avoids the presentational markup by using CSS generated content (:after) ‐‐ Understanding humble clearfix (http://fuseinteractive.ca/blog/understanding‐humble‐clearfix)
- 46. SIZING UNITS
- 50. EMS AND COMPOUNDING em is a relative unit based on parent font‐size. If 1em = 16px then 1.5em = 24px I'm grandpa I'm dad I'm son .grandpa { fontsize: 1.5em; } .dad { fontsize: 1.5em; } .son { fontsize: 1.5em; }
- 52. SIZING FONTS USING REMS <div class="outer"> <h1>Heading</h1> <p>I'm an outer section content.</p> <div class="inner"> <h1>Inner heading</h1> <p>I'm an inner section content.</p> </div> </div> html { fontsize: 16px; } .outer { fontsize: 1.5rem; /* 1.5 * 16px = 24px */ } .inner { fontsize: 2rem; /* 2 * 16px = 32px */ }
- 55. MAKE YOUR WEBSITE LOOK GREAT ON ALL DEVICES source: johnpolacek.github.io (http://johnpolacek.github.io/scrolldeck.js/decks/responsive/)
- 56. VIEWPORT META TAG A typical mobile‐optimized site contains something like the following: The width property controls the size of the viewport. It can be set to a specific number of pixels like width=600 or to the special value device‐width value which is the width of the screen in CSS pixels at a scale of 100%. (...) The initial‐scale property controls the zoom level when the page is first loaded. ‐‐ <meta name="viewport" content="width=devicewidth, initialscale=1"> MDN (https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mozilla/Mobile/Viewport_meta_tag)
- 57. MEDIA QUERIES They help us build stylesheets for different screen resolutions Examples: @media screen and (maxwidth: 768px) { .class { ... } } @media screen and (minwidth: 60em) { .class1 { ... } } @media screen and (orientation: landscape) and (webkitmindevicepixelratio: 2) { .class2 { ... } } Using media queries (https://developer.mozilla.org/en‐ US/docs/Web/CSS/Media_Queries/Using_media_queries)
- 58. MOBILE FIRST WHY? Mobile Web usage is increasing. Overloading mobile devices with too much information (it's a pain for users wit bandwidth). Progressive enhancement (https://www.w3.org/wiki/Graceful_degradation_versus_progressive_enhance HOW? .mobilefirstcomponent { display: none; } @media screen and (minwidth: 992px) { .mobilefirstcomponent { width: 50%; } } @media screen and (minwidth: 1200px) { .mobilefirstcomponent { width: 100%; } }
- 59. QUESTIONS?
- 60. THANKS FOR LISTENING! WANT MORE? ‐ check browser compatibility for CSS properties you wanna use ‐ a game for learning flexbox CSS for Developers (http://elijahmanor.com/talks/css‐for‐devs/#/) Can I use ... ? (http://caniuse.com/) Flexboxfroggy (http://flexboxfroggy.com/)