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How to Organize CSS and a Beginners BEM tutorial. This CSS tutorial for beginners looks at several helpful ways to organize your CSS styles and introduces the BEM naming convention methodology.

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How to Organize CSS | Beginners BEM tutorial

(00:00) Intro
(00:05) Welcome
(00:26) Follow Your Team
(01:16) Create Headings with Comments
(02:24) Sort CSS properties by ABCSS or groups
(05:40) Naming Convention Methodologies
(06:41) BEM - Blocks
(08:10) BEM Blocks with Modifiers
(11:07) BEM Blocks vs Elements
(14:32) Header example styles
(16:15) BEM Elements
(17:27) BEM Elements with Modifiers
(18:54) BEM helps keep specificity aligned

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Visual Studio Code (VS Code): https://code.visualstudio.com/
Live Server VS Code Extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer
W3C CSS Validator: https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Specificity Calculator: https://specificity.keegan.st/
CanIUse.com: https://caniuse.com/

References:
MDN CSS Selectors: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Selectors
MDN - How to Apply Colors to HTML Elements with CSS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color
MDN - CSS Values and Units: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
MDN - The Box Model: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/The_box_model
MDN - Styling Lists: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Styling_text/Styling_lists
MDN - Display Property: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/display
MDN - Floats: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/CSS_layout/Floats
MDN - Columns: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Columns/Basic_Concepts_of_Multicol
MDN - Margin Collapsing: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Box_Model/Mastering_margin_collapsing
MDN - White-Space: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/white-space
MDN - Positioning: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/CSS_layout/Positioning
MDN - Flexbox: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/CSS_layout/Flexbox
MDN - Basic Concepts of Grid Layout: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout/Basic_Concepts_of_Grid_Layout
MDN - Grid Template Areas: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout/Grid_Template_Areas
MDN - CSS Images: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Images
MDN - CSS Background Images: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Backgrounds_and_Borders/Resizing_background_images
Chip Cullen - Article on Content Layout Shift: https://chipcullen.com/what-width-and-height-attributes-to-use-with-responsive-images/
MDN - CSS Media Queries: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/CSS_layout/Media_queries
MDN - CSS Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Selectors/Pseudo-classes_and_pseudo-elements
MDN - List of CSS Pseudo-Classes: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Pseudo-classes
MDN - List of CSS Pseudo-Elements: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Pseudo-elements
MDN - CSS Custom Properties (Variables): https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Using_CSS_custom_properties
MDN - CSS Functions: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Functions
MDN - CSS Transform: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/transform
MDN - CSS Transitions: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Transitions/Using_CSS_transitions
MDN - CSS Animations: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Animations/Using_CSS_animations
MDN - Organizing Your CSS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Organizing
Scott O'Hara - Organizing CSS for Everyone: https://modernweb.com/ordering-css/
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