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Mastering CSS Grid
Mastering CSS Grid

Mastering CSS Grid: A comprehensive and practical guide to creating beautiful layouts with CSS Grid

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Mastering CSS Grid

Understanding the Basic Rules and Structures for CSS Grid

Welcome to the first chapter of this book titled Mastering CSS Grid. As the title suggests, this book helps us to become pros at this layout technique and learn about all its specialties and details. Throughout the book, we’ll work on various tasks using grid layouts in an overarching project called Awesome Analytics.

In the first chapter of this book, we will start introducing you to CSS Grid. We must first establish its basic CSS rules to understand how the grid model works. To do that, we’ll look at how grids are structured and how we can visually represent them. We’ll learn about the CSS rules used to create grid layouts, how to combine them to achieve different arrangements, and how to use shortcut rules to shorten our code.

A look at how the development tools of Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers visualize grids will help us understand how we can debug and understand existing grids. This chapter will not work with our overarching project just yet—we’ll first cover some theory.

So, in this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Understanding the basic rules related to CSS Grid
  • Using grid templates
  • Grid flow
  • Understanding special grid-related units, keywords, and functions
  • Using shortcuts

Technical requirements

For this chapter, we’ll need roughly the same things as for most chapters, as follows:

  • A modern browser that supports CSS Grid and offers grid debugging and a grid toolset
  • An integrated development environment (IDE) or text editor, such as WebStorm, VS Code, or Vim, with HTML and CSS syntax highlighting
  • Internet access is an advantage but not necessary

We can find several of the code examples on GitHub in this repository: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Mastering-CSS-Grid/tree/main/chapter1.

All screenshots and examples have been made with a Chromium-based browser.

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Key benefits

  • Explore the differences between grid boxes and block containers to enhance your web design knowledge
  • Create block-level grids, inline grids, and nested grids to create responsive layouts
  • Adopt best practices for attaching elements to your layout by using explicitly defined grid lines or grid areas

Description

CSS Grid has revolutionized web design by filling a long-existing gap in creating real, dynamic grids on the web. This book will help you grasp these CSS Grid concepts in a step-by-step way, empowering you with the knowledge and skills needed to design beautiful and responsive grid-based layouts for your web projects. This book provides a comprehensive coverage of CSS Grid by taking you through both fundamental and advanced concepts with practical exercises. You'll learn how to create responsive layouts and discover best practices for incorporating grids into any design. As you advance, you'll explore the dynamic interplay between CSS Grid and flexbox, culminating in the development of a usable responsive web project as a reference for further improvement. You'll also see how frameworks utilize CSS Grid to construct reusable components and learn to rebuild and polyfill CSS Grid for browsers that don't fully support it yet. The concluding chapters include a quick reference and cheat sheet, making this book an indispensable resource for frontend developers of all skill levels. By the end of this book, you'll have thoroughly explored all aspects of CSS Grid and gained expert-level proficiency, enabling you to craft beautiful and functional layouts for web projects of any size.

Who is this book for?

This book is for web developers and designers who want to learn CSS Grid and improve their layout design skills. This book will also be a valuable resource for CSS developers seeking to advance their skills to the most proficient level. Additionally, this book will serve as an excellent guide for those who wish to expand their toolset to include flexbox and grids.

What you will learn

  • Enhance your CSS Grid skills by mastering both its fundamental and advanced concepts
  • Combine flexbox and CSS Grid seamlessly to produce stunning and responsive page layouts
  • Discover the potential of complex grid layouts to improve your next project
  • Examine how frameworks utilize CSS Grid to create reusable components
  • Leverage the benefits of grid-based layouts to create visually appealing websites
  • Create custom polyfills and learn when to use grid layouts
  • Build dynamic and user-friendly web projects using CSS Grid's responsive design capabilities

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Table of Contents

15 Chapters
Part 1–Working with CSS Grid Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 1: Understanding the Basic Rules and Structures for CSS Grid Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 2: Project Introduction: What We’ll Work on and First Tasks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 3: Building Advanced Grid Layouts Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Part 2 – Understanding the CSS Grid Periphery Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 4: Understanding and Creating Responsive and Fluid Grid Layouts Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 5: Implementing Layouts with Flexbox and CSS Grid Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 6: Benefits of Grid Layouts and When Not to Use Them Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Part 3 – Exploring the Wider Ecosystem Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 7: Polyfilling CSS Grid’s Missing Features Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 8: Grids in the Wild – How Frameworks Implement Grids Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Part 4 – A Quick Reference Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 9: Quick Reference and Cheat Sheet Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Index Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Other Books You May Enjoy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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Goran Markovic Aug 13, 2023
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Excellent book, very thorough and well written. Great examples, literally no flaws.Definitely my go-to choice for brushing up in the future.
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Pertik Dumblovic Jul 10, 2023
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The book is an incredibly comprehensive and pragmatic guide to mastering CSS grid. It offers well-written and well-structured content that not only addresses common CSS issues but also provides practical solutions.I highly recommend this book to anyone working with CSS who wants to gain a thorough understanding of the intricacies of the CSS grid system.If you're new to CSS layouts using grid and seek a solid technical foundation, this book is an excellent starting point. It is written exceptionally well and includes fantastic examples. While it may be more technical for those unfamiliar with CSS, don't let that discourage you from purchasing this book. I'm excited to see the amazing things people will create after reading it!This book takes a systematic approach to teaching CSS Grid and offers a project to work on as you progress through the chapters. It assumes that readers already have knowledge of HTML and CSS, which I believe is a positive aspect. It's advisable to have a solid understanding of the base languages that Grid modifies before delving into it.
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Shawaz Imam Jul 07, 2023
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Really comprehensive and pragmatic guide for CSS grid mastery. The content is well-written, well-structured, and provides solutions to common issues in CSS.I would highly recommend this book to anyone working with CSS who wants a more complete understanding of the intricacies of the CSS grid system.
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Daniel Jun 26, 2023
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I've only had a chance to get through the first chapter so far. If you are already familiar with HTML and CSS, this is a great resource for diving into CSS Grid. It can be pretty overwhelming getting into a new code feature without any direction. This book takes you through CSS Grid in a systematic way and includes a project to work with as you go through the book. This book definitely assumes that the reader already knows HTML and CSS, but I don't see that as a negative. You probably shouldn't be jumping into Grid if you don't already know the languages it is modifying.
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CSS Grid has always been my Achilles heel. I've always used Flexbox to structure my pages and I never really understood why someone would choose Grid over Flexbox. After reading a few chapters, I can definitely say I understand it a lot more and it's made me understand that they can both complement each other! The book takes you through several hands-on examples and is very detailed. You'll find yourself coming back to the book whenever you need guidance.
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