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- I have very similar experience to yours (though I have yet to checkout Blazor, see my other comment in this thread). I also read CSS in Depth book by Keith Grant recently based on someone's recommendation on HN. After struggling with CSS for over a decade, it all finally makes sense now. I can layout a page exactly how I have it in mind. Webdev can be so much fun and productive with server side rendering, beautiful CSS and some sprinkling of JS where required.
- I am a backend engineer and recently had to improve my CSS to work on a side project. I highly recommend book "CSS in Depth" by Keith J Grant - it helped me to build a solid foundation.
- Being a backend developer, I've always assumed CSS to be magical.
Recently I needed to learn CSS to make my website viewable, so I started with w3schools. But the pace was too slow, and it made me search for other alternatives. A good amount of SEO friendly sites containing the list of best CSS books suggested `CSS In Depth - Keith J. Grant`. With low hopes, I thought to give it a try just for a day but it did not disappoint me. Being a CSS noob I liked the way `Layout` concept was presented. It started with `float` and ended with `grid` with a couple of chapters in between dedicated to `flex` and other techniques. Then it picks up responsive design. The concepts were presented in such a way that it became a responsibility for me to replicate whatever the author has done in the chapters. It was a satisfactory experience.
Afterward, it presents the transition and animation related concepts which I read but I've forgotten because of not using them in day to day work.
- I have heard lots of good about "CSS in depth" by Keith J. Grant. It explains why and how CSS does things, rather than just telling you to do one thing for that use case, and another thing for that use case. It is meant for people who already know a bit of CSS, but it wouldn't be too hard to learn the basics of CSS first then read this book. Also, it is free online on the publishers page, which is extremely generous of him and the publisher.
- I attended both of these talks and found them very enlightening. My team hired a CSS expert to do some part time implementation work and evaluate our practices. I was pleasantly surprised when his analysis of our codebase was very positive.
To me, the key is to think of everything in your app as a component. You should be able to drop the component into more or less any context and it should 'just work'. Following the ideas in the videos will help you accomplish that on the CSS side.
CSS is a Mess - Jonathan Snooks (ex-Lead Frontend Developer Shopify) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAcW-wOFYjw
CSS for Engineers - Keith J Grant (NYSE Engineer, author of CSS in Depth) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-9Tn6AetYA
