Front Range Front-End Meetup: CSS Basics - Selectors
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Continuing our series on "Little Known CSS Basics," we're going to be looking at selectors this month! Ok, fine, maybe at first glance that doesn't sound exciting enough to deserve a "!" - but this is a complicated topic that has a really significant impact on the way your CSS connects to your markup.
Many devs slide into CSS without a foundational understanding of selectors, so the connection between markup and styles feels very fragile. This talk will provide the bubble wrap you need to ship CSS safely & confidently. As we learn about selectors, we'll answer the following questions:
• What are the CSS selectors available to me?
• How can I fine-tune selectors & get only certain elements from a group?
• Why do certain selectors seem to "override" others (and how can I control overrides)?
• Can CSS selectors help me style an element in a different interactive state?
• Ok, impress me. How complicated can selectors really get?