Responsive layout practice for beginners

The project I’m working on in this video 👉www.frontendmentor.io/challen...
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✅ Frontend Mentor Project from this video: www.frontendmentor.io/challen...
✅ VS Code Live Server extension: marketplace.visualstudio.com/...
✅ Windows Power Toys: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/win...
✅ Getting started with Emmet: • Use Emmet to up your H...
✅ Introduction to custom properties: • CSS Variables - An int...
⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:25 - What we’re going to be working on
01:20 - Opening the project in VS Code
04:00 - Analyzing the layout
07:45 - Writing the HTML
20:10 - Getting the Google font
22:00 - Setting up the custom properties
29:30 - Base CSS styles
33:30 - Styling the wrapper
36:10 - Styling the header
38:56 - Creating the three columns
42:05 - Using locally scoped custom properties
48:10 - Styling the individual cards
1:00:13 - Fixing the header font sizes and weights
1:01:36 - The card image position
1:05:27 - Fixing the layout for mobile
1:07:32 - Removing my columns and using grid-template-areas
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[@nove1398]

Videos hardly go in depth like this, maybe for other reasons of course but i would really love to see more detailed videos like this. I definitely recommend this channel for real learning.

[@S_U_M_E_R]

this channels been here for a long time lol what're you talking about?

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[@nemeziz_prime]

We need more of these project videos Kevin. Your methods to tackle common web dev problems is really amazing and helpful for other devs. It'd be great if you could do more of these videos

[@isancreativedesigns9259]

I like tutorials that have the warts and all so we can see things going wrong and the thought process to fix it.

[@Rubi-fn9uu]

I've learnt more in this video than in my 3 years of web development in high school. Thx Kevin!

[@AlphaPlus9]

At 1:09:44, you have to assign the grid-area in the media query, or it will break on smaller screens. You put them below the .card which puts them in areas that don't exist. Another option is to add: grid-template-areas: 'one' 'two' 'three' 'four'; to .layout-grid.

[@acidfreq7]

God bless you! Thank you!

[@KachinVictor]

Yes, sure! Exactly! Thank you!)) I solved this problem differently, but it turned out too straightforward. You have the best decision!

[@user-xp3th5bg2p]

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[@LeandroMartinez-pc6du]

THANKS!!!

[@chukwuebukaokonta167]

My love for CSS is growing solely because of you. Lovely videos

[@iChrisBirch]

So many pieces of gold throughout this video for anyone newer to css. Thank you for not editing out the part where you had to change the design and go a different direction!

[@pscrim]

Just brilliant. This format really helps, we can sit along side you and not only learn a lot but also compare our own thoughts and solutions to yours. Thank you.

[@annacibotari2446]

The best channel for real learning! Thank you, Kevin!

[@aidenberzins]

Thanks for the tip on headers! It's very overlooked but also makes it considerably easier to follow the page from an accessibility standpoint.

[@kerrykreiter445]

Really awesome follow up video to the glass morphism tutorial. Thank you Kevin!

[@noiamnotsomebodyelse]

Love your work mahn, I'm an intern web developer and I must say you have helped me a lot and appreciate what you do for the programming community.

[@zoa_photo]

This was an awesome video ! I've been following you for years now and your content gets better and better. I love this long format when you go deep down in explaining the building process of a whole section. You should do more of that ! Thank you !

[@MrOliver1444]

Kevin is such a nice, entertaining and funny guy! I love your videos. I can follow along with how you explain and lay out stuff so easily. In the future I will buy some courses when I need them. Thank you so much for your efforts!

[@111earthangel5]

Thank you for this awesome video. I recently completed the Responsive Layout Course and I just want to THANK YOUUU. The course has changed the way I tackle building responsive layout designs. Enjoyed it and learnt so much from it. I’m excited and a lot more confident in building my first portfolio project. Would 100% recommend to anyone who hasn’t taken it by now

[@mraihan295]

How long did you take to finish the responsive layout course? I was thinking to take the course too

[@ManWhoLostTheWar]

i love when developers on youtube go super in depth explaining everything, especially to do with the responsiveness of webpages

[@nasimajosefi]

Love your break down, please continue with this series every week.

[@KevinPowell]

Definitely not every week, but I'll do them maybe one a month or once every 2 months :D

[@nasimajosefi]

@@KevinPowell as long as you continue with it 👍🏻❤️

[@lionelfaith3646]

@@KevinPowell One a month is better, if you can for sure

[@jkoctopus]

you have a unique way to explain the basics (not so basic) of css, thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@divix30]

Maybe finally this year I will get a job as Junior Web Developer thanks to you, my dream for a long time. Great job in explaining everything you do on video. Need more people like you on KZbin :)

[@Avarn388]

Thank you, Kevin. I’ve been in a bit of a programming rut and I’m starting to get back into it and I’ve been wanting to improve with CSS. These videos are really helpful for folks like me. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas weekend. And thank you for everything.

[@WebDevXpert]

For unique Projects series visit my channel @Prointech05 Login Form in HTML & CSS |Animated Login Form using Html & CSS | by Pro inTech Must watch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2mymZ9vfqdsl9k

[@deadlyecho]

You are the developer I aspire to be, your thinking process is extraordinary my friend ❤

[@paulsicurello2333]

Thank you I really enjoy learning from you, you make it a fun and relaxed atmosphere

[@karenbyrd1865]

Always great, Kevin. Loved the snippet about windows powertoys will install, but wanted to let everyone know the colors are listed in the style-guide. They are listed above the neutral colors. I love watching your videos to see different points of view on projects.

[@bertugturker9565]

even tho i am using tailwind and 99% of the time gotta stick to it i enjoyed the whole video. thanks Kevin always educational to watch you🙏🏻

[@faheem7504]

man's a god-tier teacher of html css.

[@imsecretshine]

Amazing style of teaching... Your teaching process is amazing...

[@dhirajkaradage]

Before watching entire video I can say that it is worth watching

[@ulriklarsen2239]

you are a great teacher and your knowledge is very inspiring !

[@kevinebenhezer8912]

amazing. This is the reason i subscribed, i like how detailed your explaination and solution is. At some point, it did really make me kinda awkward for like putting those margin and padding for no reason haha. For a super beginner Web Developer like me, there is so much i can learn from ur vids, love it! Keep up the good work sir, and good luck!

[@mrtuncer]

i really enjoyed while watching, working on js nowadays but this made me remember all flex grid constructs again... thnks for all Kevin👍

[@mkrichey1]

I have been away from CSS for the better part of a decade, thank you for the catch-up on some of the new features, excited to learn more!

[@samirmulla8176]

Thanks for creating this amazing video based on responsive design 🎉🎉🎉

[@phucnguyen0110]

Yes, another legendary Frontend Mentor project!

[@radjeevdharampal4923]

I'm a beginner, but this video is clear as cristal. Great explanation and inviting to experiment with coding. Thank you so much. ❤

[@llzeeuw]

Very helpful, thank you so much!

[@iMickoymouse]

I hope you continue doing more of this. I've learned a lot by watching your videos. If I may be so bold and suggest that maybe a next one can be the workit landing page from frontendmentor. I feel like there's a lot of positioning stuff in there albeit being tagged with a difficulty of newbie. Anyhow, thank you for these videos! I always come back to your videos whenever I need a refresh and/or continue learning!

[@Kj-gr9fv]

Kevin, I can’t thank you enough for this walkthrough! I am a digital designer who is just starting to learn to code. I’m not very far along in my HTML/CSS training yet but seeing someone work on a real project and talk through considerations along the way was incredibly valuable in my learning. It also helped get my psyched up to keep learning even though it’s a daunting skill to tackle. Thanks very much!!

[@KevinPowell]

Glad it was helpful!

[@thechannel8616]

At 56:00 if you want to use the card's order to change the border color you could use the nth-of-type selector and it would've given the same effect had you used a grid with 4 direct children. Great video!

[@3208nandu]

Great video with superb detailing thanks Kevin.just one thing i have noted you haven't put .card:nth-child(1) { grid-area: one; } .card:nth-child(2) { grid-area: two; } .card:nth-child(3) { grid-area: three; } .card:nth-child(4) { grid-area: four; } it should be inside media query

[@vishalgaur11]

Thanks brother was looking for this only

[@mustafeismajli2810]

The simplest way how I fixed the problem of border-top color is this : .col:nth-child(1) > .card{ border-top: solid 0.25rem var(--clr-supervisor); } .col:nth-child(2) > .card:nth-child(1){ border-top: solid 0.25rem var(--clr-teambuilder); } .col:nth-child(2) > .card:nth-child(2){ border-top: solid 0.25rem var(--clr-karma); } .col:nth-child(3) > .card{ border-top: solid 0.25rem var(--clr-calculator); } . I could've done just border-color on each one, but i decided to do on this way . Your videos are amazing and helpful btw!

[@erikjansson2329]

Very useful video. Thank you! For the “problem” there is actually an element for that: … … Note that the is not part of the . So your solution might be better in the case in the video.

[@user-ru8hn9hb5c]

It is deprecated now.

[@erikjansson2329]

@@user-ru8hn9hb5c No it isn’t. Where did you get that information?

[@KevinPowell]

hgroup is was a good idea that never really took off. It is also an odd one, that was removed from the W3C standard, but not the living standard. Really the purpose is to remove the secondary headings from changing the outline like I said it would, and so I personally think it's easy enough not to bother and just use a paragraph anyway.

[@paulok2153]

Yeah man, your good to watch. Cheers.

[@youtubevideos5124]

Thank you sir your dvh unit also helped a lot

[@deatho0ne587]

For Grid vs Flex. Normally go with one and swap to the other if I do not like the first one, think I lean to grid first though. It does not matter to much since it is easy to swap between the two normally.

[@ofcljaved]

The thing that blow my mind out of the window is the usecase of margin-left:auto; Obviously My first thought was using grid is easy but Today I learn this basic thing which eventually impact more.

[@arduriki]

Awesome video Kevin! I've just learned CSS Flexbox and Grid, and I was looking for a project to watch them into practice. I felt like if I were pair programming with you Kevin. Thank you very much for this video and congratulations for the channel which is helping me to fall in love with CSS.

[@user-gs2sy8yf6f]

Excelent! highly appreciated Kevin

[@aishamirza8265]

you are the best teacher of css out there

[@ashawesomeone]

46:45 instead of using display grid on .col,you can also give the parent (.layout-grid) "align-items: center"

[@mfy0108]

From all solutions I liked grid the most, because flex sometimes do some weird stuff where I feel like grid would be more stable and trusting.

[@kiralight8423]

I am gonna use this to learn web dev and change career, more of this please

[@dienvidbriedis1184]

table and rowspans! easy peasy!

[@shaunnicholson4916]

Power Toys has a good measuring tool called: screen ruler, really comes in handy, if enabled in Power Toys defaults to Windows Shift M

[@blackpinkdumplings]

So much needed bro tq... 💯

[@prayforsilencevillanueva2688]

Thank you Sir Kevin a.k.a. GOD OF CSS!!!

[@salomonik]

more projects like that please

[@mitetoOoOoO]

Thank you for this tutorial. I just did this challenge (all by myself, without copying) after watching your video and it was a great practice experience. Just a quick comment - at 22:05 when you copy the neutral colours and say that you'll use colour picker for the primary one, they're there, above them. We don't need the colour picker.

[@KevinPowell]

Oops, missed that somehow, lol

[@seekknowledge1928]

Please post this type of detailed video every week....

[@not_amanullah]

This tutorial is helpful ❤

[@brandonr483]

Was that a joke? "We need to get Poppins" ... hahah. Excellent walkthrough! Thanks for sharing your insight and knowledge. Happy New Year!

[@SimX9000]

This was a fantastic video

[@nigelarmstrong252]

Hi Kevin, thanks for all the great videos you've made over the years. You were wearing a t-shirt the other day which made me realise I've been mis-hearing you on every video with your introduction ! I've always heard "Hello my friend and friends". Thought it a bit odd but got used to it being your greeting. Then I saw your t-shirt on a recent video and it had "Front end" on it. Suddenly the penny dropped !! I can just about hear you say "Hello front end friends" but it still sounds like "friend and friends". Thought I'd let you know as it might give you a laugh ! Regards.

[@natasdabsi1138]

thank you so much

[@user-gg3ih6qg5e]

thanks brother

[@TheMetalMag]

thank you

[@SuperGylden]

Great video. As always. Would have loved to see you checking for contrast though

[@KevinPowell]

Meant to at the time and then forgot, sorry about that!

[@SuperGylden]

No worries. Just you mentioning it, I think could have a great impact

[@GabrielDucharme]

Nice!

[@philemonokpokpa503]

Hello Kevin . I appreciate what you’re doing for the community. So, sometimes I go into the dev tools to inspect sites that I want to clone and it gives me css properties and values for html elements that I think may not be in the original code. For example, you didn’t give height and width values to those cards but the inspector may just give me a height and width value of the cards. Could this be a reason why we should not be depending on the inspector for properties and values of an element? Good video BTW. I find myself writing html and css the way you’d do because I’ve been following you for say 3 years now. Thank you very much

[@aurusaurum9649]

Thank you for the video! Is there a video about the style of naming classes from scratch? The thing is that BEM is very ugly, but so is Tailwind. I want to write in vanilla HTML and CSS, but I have a problem with naming classes.

[@noursalepan9673]

My teacher Kelvin great always love your explanation ❤ but l recommend you using html css autocomplition extention for vscode no more viewing your classes switching from html to css😂

[@TechStackMotivation]

I liked Flexbox cause it is very smooth and 'flexible'

[@re.liable]

Wow powertoys is really good.

[@KevinPowell]

I love it!

[@Jarrod0067]

hey Kev, is there a way to utilize a combination of text-wrap: balance and tight inline flex? I was trying to get some pills to flex-wrap in a container the other day and noticed that if the normal layout of text would wrap inside the element, it doesn't resize the container

[@KevinPowell]

When text is wrapping, it doesn't change the size of the element, just visually where the line break is. If you had a background on it, it would take up the same amount of space

[@dazeitem]

It's like you were sent by an angel.

[@andrewhufford3429]

How do you change the font colours on live studio eg. When I type hsl it comes up as a barely readable Color? I really like the videos that you put up.

[@ronaldpaek]

Could you wrap the powered by technology in a b or strong tag? Would that also make sense to either bring attention too or strong to show that its what really sets them apart? I'm trying to improve my semantics as well

[@KevinPowell]

Strong could be appropriate I guess. The b, for bring attention to, is a backronym and doesn't actually have any semantic meaning, so maybe would have been easier than what I did

[@jan-wr9dn]

Hey Kevin 😊 I'm from germany and I guess, that Google prefers the user to implement the fonts locally on the server, because last summer we had a huge data protection issue in europe. As soon as a user used a website, he revealed his ip address to Google without permission. So every owner of a website had to switch to a local font implementation.

[@KevinPowell]

Yup, I mentioned that in my how to locally host Google fonts video 😊. There are other services that are fine to use too, but I forget their names now.

[@iUmerFarooq]

How to make a dynamic dashboard layout? means if we increase the size of the side bar so automatically adjust the content area. And different types of dashboard layouts also.

[@Pavel-on-youtube]

🔥

[@wzup23]

Hi Kevin! I think after removing the div.col at around @1:07:35, the nth-child selectors should be inside the media query for 800px screens and up? I tried doing it outside and when I test with smaller screens, all cards just stacks in one position (middle right). Pls correct me If I miss something. I will follow your other tutorials as I like how you explain things. Thank you so much dude!

[@iamdanielkip]

Kevin, you mentioned that you don't use BEM so much anymore. Do you use any other naming convention nowadays? Thank you for this very informative video. ;)

[@VibeVentureee]

Just an earnest request... please bring a classic beginner to advanced css course for modern websites

[@hungry_khid1007]

How did you properly format the paragraph text at 11:30 when he highlighted it, what did he press?

[@zealest]

i think its the Prettier extension, it automatically formats when you hit ctrl + s (save file)

[@athilasantiago4233]

yep, it is the prettier vscode extension. You can see it in the bottom right corner

[@hungry_khid1007]

@@zealest its not working for me

[@ofcljaved]

I would have use grid for this because i wanna keep my html as minimum and self explanatory as possible

[@trickster574]

I found a way to set the border color with nth-child(): .col:nth-child(1) .card { border-color: var(--teal) } .col:nth-child(2) .card:nth-child(1) { border-color: var(--red) } .col:nth-child(2) .card :nth-child(2) { border-color: var(--yellow) } .col:nth-child(3) .card { border-color: var(--blue) }

[@sisqo880602]

the shadow color was the dark blue one by the way :)

[@watchandlearn7945]

Which theme are you using in VS code?

[@nasirmuslih4128]

Please can you make a video on how you deals with things if you're coding a project and get stuck😁. Like when you to want to make something and you don't know do it . Your research process tooo.

[@juliusuwuigbe7743]

Kevin when i solved this challenge I used named grid lines to position the card. Hope its not a bad idea?

[@KevinPowell]

I love grid line names too 😊

[@juliusuwuigbe7743]

Learnt it from you of course 😂

[@weishyan9699]

use grid template areas so weird on the mobile mode the card stick together

[@Shubham-or6cs]

Anyplace where i can learn CSS clearly and then how to practice it?

[@petroczibalazs5434]

Please, answer why you don't bring the rem size to a decimal basis using the common trick like this: html{ font-size: 10px; } body{ font-size: 1.6rem; padding: 0; margin:0; } This brings the best for both sides by allowing the user to zoom in or out and see the font size change and lets the developer calculate on a a decimal basis. Is there any particular objective reason for that or only your personal preferences?

[@jo.si_911]

IMO header > p should not have any effect on the font-size since p is not a direct child of the header but only of the wrapper div?! Or am I missing something?

[@rayforever]

Your consideration on not using premium stuffs like figma files, so we non premium user can follow along , ❤ thanks sir

[@umernasir4217]

I wrapped the icon in the card with div and applied text-align: end; Quick Hack 🎉

[@snoopy8870]

is this on codepen?

[@atsanonwadsanthat166]

Salesforce engineers, take notes.

[@TesterAnimal1]

Salesforce? +”engineers”? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@DavidHamilton5]

If I ever got a tattoo , it would be border: 2px solid red ; 😂

[@natescode]

I should get one on my bald head: # hair { display: none; }

[@monsif4576]

Question When you set the font styles Why html {...} And not body {...} What's the difference between html and body??

[@tanercoder1915]

what's the difference between responsive and adaptive designs in your opinion. I am confused