CSS 2.1 in Depth (H153)
This course is made up for students who want to deepen their knowledge of CSS. In opposition to the hands-on oriented Intermediate CSS Workshop it is based more on theory and the W3C specs. Students will learn how things are supposed to work according to those specs. The first six weeks will focus on technical reading and understanding Selectors, Inline Layout, Floating and Positioning. As browsers do not always behave like the specifications recommend, the final weeks make a real-world approach concentrating on browser inconsistencies and a hands-on project that summarizes the topics learned. Thus the course finishes with a final project where students have to demonstrate that they are able to implement what they have learned throughout the course on a given webpage.
Applicable Job Roles: web designers, webmasters, web programmers, and web application developers. Outline
Week 1: Selectors
Week 2: Selectors Part 2
Week 3: Specificity, Inheritance and the Cascade
Week 4: Inline Layout
Week 5: Floating
Week 6: Positioning
Week 7: Browser Woes, Bugs, Hacks and Filters
Week 8: Bringing It All Together
Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with HTML to the extent that they could, if necessary, create a complete Web site using only a text editor and a graphics package (knowledge of Javascript is not necessary for this course). They should also have passed the Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets course (H151) or possess equivalent knowledge of CSS. Students should have sufficient time to devote to class discussion and the reading assignments, as well as to their own experiments with CSS.
Requirements
In order to benefit from advanced CSS support an installation of the latest Mozilla brand browser is highly recommended (Mozilla Suite 1.7x or Firefox 1.x).
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"Be prepared for learning the inner workings of CSS. Inheritance, liquid layouts and valid coding practices are all included in the curriculum. A lot of "That's how you do that..." happens during the course. You will learn how to use hacks to display pages properly in most browsers and how to style pages to get the look you want." - Philip Napora -
"I learned so much from this class. Minz is incredibly patient and presents the material in ways that make you remember. He knows his subject inside and out and is able to communicate that with his students very well." - Kimberli Werner -
"is a great teacher of one of the best classes I have ever taken, on line or elsewhere. This course has taken me to a new level of understanding. Now I have confidence enough to want to push CSS like Jimi Hendrix pushed the Stratocaster guitar. My only regret is that I didn't discover eClasses.org before now.
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"Really enjoyed the course. The instructor was really helpful and definitely knew his stuff. " - Todd Carter -
"I'm very pleased with how much I learned during this course, and I'm looking forward to my next one." - John Kanost -
"This course was extremely helpful; I learned soooo much! I was able to immediately incorporate things I learned to my own CSS files for work. I still review the class lectures and my notes when I create/edit my CSS files." - Nora Ebie -
"This was my first class with eClasses.org,I was very impressed with quality and depth of instruction. The learning curve was steep. It felt like a semester of college-level coursework, compressed into six weeks. However, the weekly assignments were so well designed, that difficult concepts were conquered through practice. Minz is very personable and helpful. If you take the class, be prepared to work!" - Diane Neufeldt -
"The class was the most challenging one I had so far. It goes very deep into CSS and its intricacies - a truly advanced class. The class was very theory-oriented, practical application was kept to a minimum. A few more practical assignments and excercises would have benefitted the process of understanding the advanced material, though. Nevertheless, the class was of very high quality, the instructor extremely knowledgeable, prompt and helpful, making the tough schedules and advanced materials easier to bear and cope with. I highly recommend this class to anyone who wishes to deepen his knowledge of CSS - he will emerge an expert in CSS. Overall, a great class. High quality materials, a tough (yet not unreasonable) schedule and a top-notch instructor make this class a jewel in the class catalog of eclasses.org " - Charalabos Spiropoulos
