Modern CSS

Responsive Layout you own this product

This project is part of the liveProject series Modern CSS for a Portfolio Page
prerequisites
intermediate CSS
skills learned
Using the multi-column layout module to lay out a list of items into multiple columns • Using subgrid to lay out elements inside of a grid layout • Using flexbox to display a list of elements horizontally • How to prevent image distortion using object-fit • Using pseudo-classes in selectors
Martine Dowden
1 week · 4-6 hours per week · INTERMEDIATE
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In the modern world, web traffic is mobile traffic. That’s why your sites need to be responsive and easily adaptable to any screen size! In this liveProject, you’ll create a responsive layout for your portfolio site so it looks good on mobile. You’ll need to constrain your profile picture, utilize column-based layouts, use grid and flex to align items, and utilize flexbox to lay out your footer.

This project is designed for learning purposes and is not a complete, production-ready application or solution.

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project author

Martine Dowden

An award-winning CTO, UX/UI designer and developer, international speaker, and author, Martine focuses on web interfaces that are beautiful, functional, and accessible. She approaches user experience from both art and science perspectives, drawing from her degrees in psychology and visual communications. She has worked as a developer, artist, educator, and consultant since 2005. To stay active in the industry she writes articles, leads workshops, and speaks at conferences and meetups worldwide. Her favorite topics to present are frontend web development, CSS, user experience, interaction design, accessibility, and Firebase. In recognition of her work in the community, she was awarded and still maintains the Google Developer Expert (GDE) status and the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP).


In 2015, she published a children’s book, Programming Languages ABC++, of which the workbook edition sold over 20,000 copies in 2016. She then went on to write Approachable Accessibility: Planning for Success, which was released in June 2019, and Architecting CSS: The Programmer’s Guide to Effective Stylesheets in 2020.


Currently, she is the CTO at Andromeda Galactic Solutions where she continues to learn, work on, and share her passion for frontend development.

prerequisites

This liveProject is for frontend developers looking to learn the new features of CSS. To begin this liveProject, you will need to know the following:


TOOLS
  • Intermediate CSS
  • Intermediate HTML
  • Beginner npm
TECHNIQUES
  • HTML elements
  • CSS box model
  • CSS cascading

you will learn

In this liveProject, you’ll utilize new features of CSS to ensure your website is responsive and mobile-friendly.


  • Using the multi-column layout module to lay out a list of items into multiple columns
  • Using subgrid to lay out elements inside of a grid layout
  • Using flexbox to display a list of elements horizontally
  • How to prevent image distortion using object-fit
  • Using pseudo-classes in selectors

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