Edgar CabreraHey #frontend #frontenddev folks! I'm a backend dev but I have done quite a bit of react and I believe I don't suck. I actually enjoy it. But I'm terrible at css and doing markup properly. I'm super slow when I have to add new elements to my projects. Any resources that you can recommend to someone like me?
cornflour@aleandros I think it depends a bit on what part of CSS you're struggling. Do you have a clear design in mind of what you want to make? If not quite (and what you come up with just doesn't look good enough), then it's more of a design issue than a coding one. If this is the case, what've worked for me is to borrow from existing design systems, since good spacings, font sizes and color palette go a long way in making a design looks nicer
@aleandros If you already have a crystal clear design but struggle to implement it the way it's supposed to look, tbh my best suggestion is to just keep implementing and eventually you'll be faster. I usually try to inspect the stylings when I see something I like, toggling things on and off to see what each line does. Being some basic patterns like using flexbox also goes a long way in making things behave the way you expect!
@aleandros My favorite CSS-related youtube channel is https://www.youtube.com/@KevinPowell, he is very knowledgeable in CSS and have plenty of videos showing step-by-step of how to implement a certain thing, which I find very helpful
Similarly, https://www.youtube.com/@Hyperplexed is also really good at taking a complex task and breaking it down into smaller, manageable pieces and implementing them
Similarly, https://www.youtube.com/@Hyperplexed is also really good at taking a complex task and breaking it down into smaller, manageable pieces and implementing them
@aleandros only after replying did I realize your post is already 2 weeks old, I'm sorry for digging it up 🥲
@cornflour no worries! your answers made so much sense! In my previous job we used MaterialUI and that was definitely better for my productivity, so yeah, the design thing is a great point.
I'll definitely check the youtube channels as well. It looks like just what I was looking for. Again, thanks!