CSS for Beginners freeCodeCamp

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  • Who teaches the comprehensive CSS course for beginners?
    Dave Gray
  • What is the duration of the CSS tutorials in this course?
    Over 11 hours
  • How many tutorials are included in the video?
    24 tutorials
  • What is the purpose of the links mentioned in the video?
    To provide additional resources
  • What is CSS an acronym for?
    Cascading Style Sheets
  • What is the primary use of CSS?
    To describe the presentation of a document
  • How does CSS relate to HTML?
    CSS styles HTML documents
  • What analogy is used to describe the difference between HTML and CSS?
    HTML is the foundation; CSS is decoration
  • What browser will be used in this course?
    Chrome
  • What code editor will be used in this course?
    Visual Studio Code
  • How do you create a basic HTML document quickly in Visual Studio Code?
    Type an exclamation mark and press enter
  • What are the three ways to apply CSS to a document?
    External, internal, and inline styles
  • What is the purpose of the link element in HTML?
    To link to an external stylesheet
  • What should you name the stylesheet file created in the CSS directory?
    style.css
  • What does the declaration in a CSS rule consist of?
    Property and property value
  • What is the significance of the order in which styles are read?
    Last style read takes precedence
  • What is the recommended way to apply CSS?
    Using external stylesheets
  • What is the American spelling of color used in CSS?
    Color (without 'u')
  • What tool can be used to validate CSS files?
    W3C CSS Validation Service
  • What are the three levels of selectors in CSS?
    Element, class, and ID selectors
  • What happens when you set the font size of the body element?
    All text inherits the larger size
  • What does an element selector do?
    Selects all elements of that type
  • How does inheritance work in CSS?
    Child elements inherit styles from parent
  • What is the purpose of the live server extension in Visual Studio Code?
    To simulate a web server for development
  • What is the first step to start learning CSS in this course?
    Download and install Chrome and Visual Studio Code
  • What should you do after creating a folder for your project?
    Create an index.html file
  • What happens if you spell 'color' incorrectly in CSS?
    The declaration is ignored
  • What is the structure of a CSS rule set?
    Selector, property, and property value
  • What is the purpose of the 'style' element in HTML?
    To write internal CSS
  • What is the effect of using inline CSS?
    It takes precedence over other styles
  • What is the main focus of the course after removing inline styling?
    Using external stylesheets
  • How does the order of styles affect the final appearance of a webpage?
    Last applied style overrides previous ones
  • What is the significance of the 'rel' attribute in the link element?
    It specifies the relationship to the linked resource
  • What is the purpose of the 'meta' tags in an HTML document?

    To provide metadata about the document
  • What is the role of the 'h1' and 'h2' elements in HTML?
    To define headings of different levels
  • What does the 'font-size' property do in CSS?
    It sets the size of the text
  • What is the purpose of the 'color' property in CSS?
    To set the text color
  • What happens when you apply a style to the body element?
    It affects all child elements
  • What is the purpose of the 'p' selector in CSS?
    To select all paragraph elements
  • What is the effect of changing the color property to blue in inline CSS?
    It changes the text color to blue