Course Overview

This course will show you how to describe layouts to the browser, what the defaults are, how to override them, and when to override them. You’ll understand more of how the browser works and how it differs from web design apps. It will change how you design, and you may even start designing in the browser more (like I do). Knowing your tools is super beneficial. And as a designer, or developer, knowing how layout in a browser works will allow you to work quicker and more decisively.

What you’ll learn

• Learn to make use of a bunch of layout techniques to make awesome websites. Below are some of the topics we cover.
• HTML & CSS terminology
• The 5 different types of positioning
• Depth management
• Common display types
• Padding
• Margins
• Borders
• TranslateX and Y