My journey to learning CSS
A lot of people ask me how they can be as good at CSS as I am, so I figured I’d share my story with you, even though my actual path might not be the best to follow, I have learned a few things along the way that might help 🙂.
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✅ My biggest inspiration to start my channel was DevTips, and I think this was the first video of Travis’ that I saw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFGBNv2KeVU
People that taught me almost everything I know about CSS:
✅ Jen Simmons: https://jensimmons.com
✅ Rachel Andrew: https://rachelandrew.co.uk
✅ Lea Verou: https://lea.verou.me
More recently, these are the people I’ve been following who are much smarter than me at CSS stuff (I’m invariably forgot some people here, but it’s a good start!):
✅ Adam Argyle: https://nerdy.dev
✅ Una Kravetz: https://una.im
✅ Stephanie Eckles: https://thinkdobecreate.com/links
✅ Miriam Suzanne: https://www.miriamsuzanne.com
✅ Andy Bell: https://andy-bell.co.uk
✅ Amit Sheen: https://amitsh.com
✅ Bramus: https://www.bram.us
✅ Jhey: https://jhey.dev
✅ Ahmad Shadeed: https://ishadeed.com
✅ Alvaro Montoro: https://alvaromontoro.com
✅ Elad Shechter: https://eladsc.dev
✅ Zoran Jambor: https://twitter.com/ZoranJambor
✅ Temani Afif: https://twitter.com/ChallengesCss
⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:46 - How I got started with web development
04:30 - Getting into freelancing and WordPress
07:42 - Becoming a teacher
10:20 - The inspiration for starting a YouTube channel
13:15 - How I got good at CSS
14:45 - You’re making more progress than you realize
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How I got started with web development
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Becoming a teacher
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