Avoid These 5 Awful CSS Mistakes
Channel: Kevin Powell
Date: 2023-01-17

I often see beginners making the same mistakes over and over again, so in this video I take a look at some common issues and give some advice on how I think things could be improved.

🔗 Links 
✅ Live Server VS Code extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ritwickdey.LiveServer
✅ Flexbox or Grid - How to decide? https://youtu.be/3elGSZSWTbM

⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:35 - Useless declarations (that can cause problems)
04:04 - Over-reliance of Flexbox
06:37 - Using very specific values
10:44 - Terrible class names and numbering elements for no reason
14:00 - Over-reliance on position absolute

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