2013
Lynda
Justin Seeley
1h 11m
English

Take a tour of a workflow that optimizes CSS code for easier navigation, organization, and readability. In this course, author Justin Seeley covers best practices for writing CSS in an easy-to-read format, commenting code, developing a table of contents, and adopting other methods that help produce "cleaner" code. The course also contains tips for speeding up development with some online tools and simplification techniques.
Topics include:
- Exploring good versus bad style sheets
- Creating section headings
- Indenting code for enhanced readability
- Creating single- and multi-line comments
- Avoiding unnecessary tags and classes
- Creating master color and typography guides
- Simplifying comments

Introduction 1m 40s
Welcome 1m 7s
Using the exercise files 33s
1. Getting Started 11m 25s
The importance of clean code 3m 36s
Exploring clean vs. messy style sheets 3m 47s
The importance of the reset 4m 2s
2. Organizing Your Code 11m 44s
Developing a CSS table of contents 3m 0s
Creating section headings 3m 7s
Indenting your code for readability 2m 54s
Best practices for class names 2m 43s
3. Commenting Your Code 7m 15s
What is a comment? 2m 31s
Writing single-line comments 1m 44s
Creating multiline comments 3m 0s
4. Writing Clean Code 15m 20s
Using font families 2m 42s
Avoiding unnecessary tags and classes 4m 26s
Using CSS shorthand 3m 47s
Avoiding redundancy with selector groups 4m 25s
5. Useful Techniques 13m 13s
Creating a master color guide 3m 9s
Creating a master typography guide 3m 24s
Creating a structure template 4m 3s
Using a master CSS file 2m 37s
6. Speeding Up Your Code 9m 17s
Removing unnecessary line breaks 1m 57s
Simplifying comments 1m 46s
Removing unused selectors 1m 52s
Using tools to minify your CSS 3m 42s
Conclusion 1m 22s
Goodbye 1m 22s

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