Hello, #30DaysofHTML fans and friends! Itโs been a while since youโve heard from us, so time for a few updates.
๐๐ #30DaysofHTML E-book ๐๐
The #30DaysofHTML E-book was released on June 30 as promised.
If you ordered one but did not receive it, we had a few reports of stripped attachments and emails marked as spam.
Drop me an email at jen@jenkramer.org if you did not receive yours, and Iโll respond with a download link.
๐ Missed some of the #30DaysofHTML emails? Want to go through it again? They are still available as a series emailed one a day for 30 days.
๐ฐ Or buy the book - itโs still available for $6 with an immediate download.
๐ฝ LinkedIn Learning & LinkedIn Live: HTML & CSS Coding Challenges
Looking for some practice with Flexbox, Grid, and all of those awesome HTML elements you just learned? Jenโs LinkedIn Learning course Semantic HTML and CSS Coding Challenges was released on June 22.
๐ฐIf you want to watch the videos at LinkedIn Learning, youโll need a subscription. You may get free access through work, your local public library, or the free trial. However, you donโt need to watch these videos to follow along.
๐ CodePens for all challenges are freely accessible, even if you canโt access the videos: https://codepen.io/collection/XqrZBZ
๐ JOIN ME LIVE on the following dates at 12 PM Eastern US time:
July 22:ย Challenges 1-4 on Flexbox
July 29: Challenges 5-8 on navbars and hamburger buttons with CSS
August 5: Challenges 9-12 on Grid layouts
In each session, weโll go through the various challenges and look at how to approach them in depth, talk through coding choices made, and Iโll take your questions about each set of challenges.
This is FREE to attend โ hope to see you there!
๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ป #15DaysofCSS starts September 13!
Overwhelmingly, youโve asked for another free email course on CSS. After tossing around a few ideas, Erika and I settled on #15DaysofCSS. And weโre going to focus onโฆ navbars!
๐คฏ What? Are you not TOTALLY PSYCHED??? ๐คฏ
Navbars are some of the best ways to teach lots of CSS concepts in a very compact way.
The HTML is pretty simple. Also, thereโs one correct way to write it. ๐
Itโs a great model for learning the box model โ thereโs more to it than padding/margin/border.
Itโs a great structure for discussing relationships in between elements, inheritance, the cascade, and specificity.
It offers opportunities to think about absolute, relative, fixed, and sticky positioning.
Responsive design plays a role โ and with a CSS-based hamburger button, it can get quite hairy to make it work well!
Most people suck at making good navbars.
Take a chance on me โ itโs free, itโs only 15 days (Sept 13-Oct 1), and it runs only during the week (not the weekends). And of course, by the end, there will be another e-book with all of the posts compiled into a single reference!
๐คท๐ฟโโ๏ธ OK, Iโll give #15DaysofCSS a chanceโฆ how do I enroll?
Stay subscribed to this mailing list, and youโll get #15DaysofCSS starting September 13. In the interim, youโll get a few other updates from Jen, with newsy bits about HTML and CSS training you might want to participate in. Now that Jenโs doing freelance training full-time, thereโs lots of training coming your way soon!
Thanks so much for reading, and weโll update you again in two weeks.
Jen and Erika
There is always more to learn and practice. Looking forward to the 15 days of CSS. :)