Flexbox

Now that we have learned the power of flexbox we will apply it to the sites we are building. We'll also go back to a past assignment and see how flexbox would simplify our HTML and CSS.

Objectives

• Build on your knowledge of HTML & CSS
• Use flexbox techniques layout pages.
• Implement, from scratch, a given design
• Understand HTML/CSS Layout
• Be able to place elements on a page where you want them.

Requirements

Setup

degit $GITHUB_USER/html-css-ts-project-template TheDailyKitteh

Additional Resources

• Flexbox examples
• CSS-Tricks guide to flexbox
• CSS-Tricks guide to grids
• Flexbox Visual Guide
• http://www.evolutionoftheweb.com

Recommended Practice:

• Flexbox Froggy - a Game for Learning Flexbox
• Flexbox Defense - a Game for Learning Flexbox
• http://cssgridgarden.com/

Explorer Mode

• Recommended: Go through the Flexbox Froggy and Grid Garden resources at the end of this homework.
• Recreate the page 'The Daily Kitteh' using flexbox and grids as closely as you possibly can. Use similar fonts, sizes, and colors. Feel free to use any cat photo you wish, just respect the relative size of the photo.
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Adventure Mode

• Recreate the page Flexbox Article Layout as closely as possible. Feel free to use flexbox, or grids, or both if needed. NOTE: See your instructor for sample HTML that you will then style, making no changes to the HTML itself.