- [Voiceover] One of the first things
you'll notice about this course
is that it's a little bit different
than all the other CSS courses
in the lynda.com online training library.
Because of that, I thought I'd take a few moments here
to describe what this course is
and who it's designed for.
First, you'll notice that this course
has no hands on exercises.
As part of the fundamentals series,
it's designed to give you a high-level overview of CSS,
its history, concepts, and terminology.
If you're new to CSS or need an overview of what CSS is,
this course is for you.
In fact, if you're brand new to CSS,
I recommend watching this course first
before moving on to the more applied courses.
I know it's sometimes tough to be an observer
when you want to try things out on your own,
but I've designed this course
to make you more familiar with the concepts
and terms that you'll encounter while learning CSS.
Being familiar with the terminology
and having an overall understanding of how CSS works
means that you'll be able to focus more
on the individual concepts within the other CSS courses.
I'd also highly recommend this course for someone
that needs to be more familiar
with the language of CSS
without needing to author it themselves,
or for somebody that's just sort of curious
about what CSS is
and wants to test the waters to see
if it's right for them.
So, does this mean that you should skip this course
if you had prior experience with CSS?
Well, ultimately, that's up to you,
but if you're like me
and you're largely self-taught,
you've probably missed a thing or two along the way,
or maybe you've just never focused on
the big picture of how CSS works.
This course will hopefully fill in some of those gaps
and give you a clearer picture
of how it all works together.
After watching this course,
I recommend moving on to my CSS Core Concepts course.
It features hands-on exercises
that reinforce many of the concepts you'll learn here.
I hope this gives you a clear picture
of what this course is all about.
Let's dive in and start learning the fundamentals of CSS.