Level Up Your CSS with These 50+ Resources
Tags: webdev, design, css, codenewbie
Published: 2021-03-25 02:17:48

Hello everyone, today I will be sharing CSS tools that you can use to create beautiful styles.

![animation_500_kmo8fm9q.gif](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616637877067/jF1tSRCoN.gif)

## 1.[Layoutit Grid](https://grid.layoutit.com/)

Layoutit grid is a CSS Grid layout generator. Quickly drawdown web page layouts with our clean editor, and get HTML and CSS code to quickstart your next project. Also, you can see the code on CodePen!


![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 4.28.44 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616628535814/Rmd0POO_c.png)

## 2.[CSS Grid Generator by Sarah Drasner](https://cssgrid-generator.netlify.app/)

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 4.31.16 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616628697499/5ucWrzjG3.png)

## 3.[Grid by Example](https://gridbyexample.com/)

This site is a collection of examples, videos, and other information to help you learn CSS Grid Layout. Developed and maintained by [Rachel Andrew](https://rachelandrew.co.uk/).

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 4.32.32 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616628762367/tc5pvAU8i.png)

## 4.[CSS Grid Garden](https://cssgridgarden.com/)

Grow your carrot garden while learning about CSS Grid.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 4.37.39 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616629092400/LMIs8FRpl.png)

## 5.[Mastery Games](https://mastery.games/)

Here you can play around with Zombies and practice Flexbox; save an adorable alien species while learning CSS Grid.
 
![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 4.40.27 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616629244786/TFUZlqa_3.png)

## 6.[Grid Malven](https://grid.malven.co/)

Grid Cheatsheet.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.24.43 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616631915633/hAIdVLwWg.png)

## 7.[CSS Tricks - A Complete Guide to Grid](https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/complete-guide-grid/)
 
Comprehensive guide to CSS grid by CSS Tricks.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.29.20 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616632199135/hIiTydOqT.png)

## 8.[Cubic Bezier](https://cubic-bezier.com/#.17,.67,.83,.67)

Quickly generate and preview a cubic-bezier with this tool.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 4.36.34 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616629007707/FVHJV6XcX.png)

## 9.[CSS Animation](http://cssanimation.io/)

Create your animations with this easy-to-use tool, it's also supporting GSAP.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 4.41.47 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616629340378/nBog6skJm.png)

## 10.[CSS Animation 101 E-book](https://cssanimation.rocks/css-animation-101/)

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.45.39 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616633185580/ao4IDtpch.png)

## 11.[CSS Diner](https://flukeout.github.io/)

Practice your CSS positioning skills with CSS Diner.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 4.43.06 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616629420888/KVkFhm6to.png)

## 12.[Flexbox Patterns](https://www.flexboxpatterns.com/)

Here you can get a lot of tips and patterns while using Flexbox.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 4.44.30 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616629507667/uRFadReRC.png)

## 13.[Flexbox Froggy](https://flexboxfroggy.com/)

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 4.47.00 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616629630802/Sz34uYiRu.png)

## 14.[Flexbox Cheatsheet](https://darekkay.com/flexbox-cheatsheet/)

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.26.55 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616632109235/d_us85hED.png)

## 15.[Devinduct Flexbox](https://devinduct.com/workshop/flexbox)

Preview and see the code for Flexbox.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.40.53 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616632879680/iLkh_-5lA.png)

## 16.[Flexbox Defense](http://www.flexboxdefense.com/)

Your job is to stop the incoming enemies from getting past your defenses. Unlike other tower defense games, you must position your towers using CSS!

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/4nxb5ttei6p36b1r60ek.png)

## 17.[CSS Tricks Almanac](https://css-tricks.com/almanac/)

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.41.58 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616632932382/eWfrZk4p2.png)

## 18.[Keyframes](https://keyframes.app/)

Dead simple visual tools to help you generate CSS for your projects.

Create basic or complex CSS @keyframe animations with a visual timeline editor similar to video-editing software.

Create single or multi-layer box shadows just by moving some sliders. Get the CSS output instantly.

Pick your favorite colors, convert between hex and rgb, and create & save palettes.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 4.50.19 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616629829349/HqOTOoRHX.png)

## 19.[CSS Selectors Cheatsheet](https://frontend30.com/css-selectors-cheatsheet/)

This cheat sheet is designed for a quick search on CSS selectors.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 4.53.40 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616630056743/ZPJ6nAJmd.png)

## 20.[CSS Font Stack](https://www.cssfontstack.com/)

Get Web Safe Fonts and much more from Dan's Tools.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 4.55.24 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616630206891/wfeYXz816.png)

## 21.[Clippy by Bennett Feely](https://bennettfeely.com/clippy/)

Get your clip-paths and also checkout [Bennett Feely](https://bennettfeely.com/)'s website to see all his tools. 

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 4.57.53 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616630371983/iITRQwUFx.png)

## 22.[Codrops CSS Reference](https://tympanus.net/codrops/css_reference/)

An extensive CSS reference with all the important properties and info to learn CSS from the basics.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.06.14 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616630795479/lTSkRe0bS.png)

## 23.[CSS Reference](https://cssreference.io/)

Yet another CSS Reference resource.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.24.10 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616631867340/gmWRkJ8f1.png)

## 24.[Frontend Mentor](https://www.frontendmentor.io/)

Frontend Mentor has a lot of projects based on HTML and CSS, you can complete challenges and improve your styles by working on real-life projects.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.00.19 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616630670846/eBB79WFvH.png)

## 25.[The Code Player](https://thecodeplayer.com/)

Video style walkthroughs showing cool stuff being created from scratch.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.03.06 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616630650765/kceHy97Lt.png)

## 26.[CSS DB](https://cssdb.org/)

cssdb is a comprehensive list of CSS features and their positions in the process of becoming implemented web standards.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.26.15 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616631984987/4ya91M9IF.png)

## 27.[Border Radius Generator](https://border-radius.com/)

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.34.27 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616632585211/KH8dUR-wz.png)

## 28.[Button Creator](https://cssbuttoncreator.com/)

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.34.41 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616632627773/QdrIxiFiz.png)

## 29.[Best CSS Button Generator](https://www.bestcssbuttongenerator.com/)

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.57.07 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616633839778/Iulo7U0kq.png)

## 30.[Samantha Ming's Tidbits](https://www.samanthaming.com/)

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.34.53 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616632674464/G-yi6OL7q.png)

## 31.[Specificity Calculator](https://specificity.keegan.st/)

A visual way to understand CSS specificity. Change the selectors or paste them into your own.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.43.01 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616633153626/edz1AL0rj.png)

## 32.[Clean CSS](https://www.cleancss.com/css-minify/)

Compress your CSS.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.51.04 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616633480364/MAQ5ISF3Y.png)

## 33.[100 Days CSS Challenge](https://100dayscss.com/)

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.52.18 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616633604401/Ua93l7TVm.png)

## 34.[CSS Layout](https://csslayout.io/)

A collection of popular layouts and patterns made with CSS.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.54.22 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616633678525/-xkuvrTF6.png)

## 35.[Pattern Generator](https://doodad.dev/pattern-generator/)

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 5.59.06 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616633956751/oyRj1raSh.png)

## 36.[Paaatterns](https://products.ls.graphics/paaatterns/preview.html)

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/6z3m60p9en16f05v6u1r.png)

## 37.[Pattern Pad](https://patternpad.com/)

Create unlimited unique design patterns.

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xhb23db48awb7e7pmxvw.png)

## 38.[Pattern CSS](https://bansal.io/pattern-css#installation)

CSS only library to fill your empty background with beautiful patterns.

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ef3rs9m9759ocz1p0br1.png)

## 39.[Free Frontend](https://freefrontend.com/css-code-examples/)

Free CSS code examples from codepen.io and other resources.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 6.00.46 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616634102486/qs0H8gfwM.png)

## 40.[Glassmorphism CSS Generator](https://glassmorphism.com/)

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 6.29.18 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616635774316/eTrfEAnPI.png)

## 41.[Smol CSS](https://smolcss.dev/)

Minimal snippets for modern CSS layouts and components.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 6.32.58 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616635988299/dq29cUduKy.png)

## 42.[Lottie Files](https://lottiefiles.com/featured)

Free animations.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-24 at 6.41.45 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616636538539/SOkttTsot.png)


## 43.[Animating Underlines](https://css-irl.info/animating-underlines/)

Michelle Barker shares some fantastic tips about underline styles and animations.

![Screen Shot 2021-03-25 at 1.29.36 PM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616704240012/DtZOxPucK.png)

## 44.[Free Fonts by FontShare](https://www.fontshare.com/)

The service, named Fontshare, will be familiar to anyone who has used Google Fonts. Browse the fonts list, pick out the styles you want, and add them to your site.

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/twq7q6a3dub0q14zieyc.png)

## 45.[BG Jar](https://bgjar.com/)

Free SVG background generator for your websites, blogs, and app.

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/pfd6vejofjcdu8x0f8mw.png)

## 46.[Get Waves](https://getwaves.io/)

A free SVG wave generator to make unique SVG waves.

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/px6b90bcy6dqwxv5zp26.png)

## 47.[Custom SVG Shape Dividers](https://www.shapedivider.app/)
 
We created this free tool to make it easier for designers and developers to export a beautiful SVG
shape divider for their latest project. We hope you enjoy this tool.

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/vyip86zd6kihehf4sjec.png)

## 48.[CSS Zen Garden](http://www.csszengarden.com/)

A demonstration of what can be accomplished through CSS-based design. Select any style sheet from the list to load it into this page.

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/0qs7yrxyziutc9h2g41j.png)

## 49.[CSS Minifier](https://cssminifier.com/)

Online CSS Minifier/Compressor. Free! Provides an API. Simple Quick and Fast.

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/2qeo39hgp9m3204glh74.png)

## 50.[CSS Cheatsheet](https://overapi.com/css)

List of elements, selectors, and styles with relevant links to their MDN pages.

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/c0zpxm39i8vx9200yry6.png)

## 51.[Autoprefixer](https://autoprefixer.github.io/)

Autoprefixer online — web repl for original Autoprefixer. It parses your CSS and adds vendor prefixes to CSS rules using values from Can I Use. It is recommended by Google and used by Twitter and Taobao.

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/y7ljsz74g9u6yqrcbkiw.png)

## 52.[Should I Prefix](http://shouldiprefix.com/#masks)

This page has one purpose: simply show what prefixes are needed for a newer CSS property. 

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/gvfxpyaq03ueekm2b8t1.png)

## 53.[Design Resources for Developers by Brad Traversy](https://github.com/bradtraversy/design-resources-for-developers#table-of-contents)

A curated list of design and UI resources from stock photos, web templates, CSS frameworks, UI libraries, tools, and much more.

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/dapmwmgw434bj0ccyr0j.png)

## 54.[Bem Methodology](https://en.bem.info/)

BEM stands for "Block, Element, Modifier", it's a naming convention in CSS. Learn more on the official website.

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/50efgsb8lv45l2y9unmt.png)

## 55.[CSS Cheatsheet](https://htmlcheatsheet.com/css/)

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ujt99uwtna0a7oyc7l8f.png)


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