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One of the first things you'll notice about this course is that it's a

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little bit different than all the other CSS courses in the lynda.com Online Training Library.

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Because of that I thought I'd take a few moments here to describe what this

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course is, and who it's designed for.

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First you'll notice the discourse has no hands-on exercises.

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As part of the fundamentals series, it's designed to give you a high level

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overview of CSS, its history, concepts, and terminology.

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If you're new to CSS or need an overview of what CSS is, this course is for you.

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In fact, if you're brand-new to CSS, I recommend watching this course first

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before moving on to the more applied courses.

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I know it's sometimes tough to be an observer when you want to try things out on

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your own, but I have designed this course to make you more familiar with the

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concepts and terms that you'll encounter up while learning CSS.

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Being familiar with the terminology and having a overall understanding of how

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CSS works means that you'll be able to focus more on the individual concepts

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within the other CSS courses.

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I'd also highly recommend this course for someone that needs to be more familiar

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with the language of CSS without needing to author it themselves or for somebody

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that's just sort of curious about what CSS is and wants to test the waters to

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see if it's right for them.

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So does this mean you should skip this course if you've had prior

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experience with CSS?

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Well, ultimately that's up to you, but if you're like me and you're largely

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self-taught you've probably missed a thing or two along the way or maybe you've

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just never focused on the big picture of how CSS works.

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This course will hopefully fill in some of those gaps and give you a clearer

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picture of how it all works together.

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After watching this course, I recommend moving on to my CSS Core Concepts course.

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It features hands-on exercises that reinforce many of the concepts you learn here.

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I hope this gives you a clearer picture of what this course is all about.

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Let's dive in and start learning the fundamentals of CSS.