CSS Grid is revolutionizing the frontend web-design industry.

For the last 20 years, web designers have used CSS to lay out web pages. However, CSS has always been missing some key functionality. Designers had to rely on workarounds, such as tables, floats, and positioning. CSS Grid is different and better.

CSS Grid allows you to create a grid-based layout system, using columns and rows. You don't have to use any workarounds. You don't have to use different hacks for different browsers. You don't have to install any extra frameworks.

CSS Grid has been around since 2011, but has recently exploded in popularity. Almost all major browsers support CSS Grid. The only exceptions are Internet Explorer 11 and Opera Mini.

In this short but concise book, you are going to master the key ideas behind CSS Grid.

Key Features

Up-to-Date: Constantly updated, the material in CSS Grid Explained is always current.
Clear instruction: You will follow plain English, clear visuals and enjoyable step-by-step instructions.

What You'll Learn
In the first chapter, we start with the basic terminology. You'll learn the difference between Grid Areas and Grid Cells, between Grid Tracks and Grid Gaps. Then, using a hands-on approach, you'll start building CSS Grids.

You'll build everything from the most basic CSS Grid to a full site layout.

Table of Contents

Introduction to CSS Grid Terminology
Creating Your First CSS Grid
Using the Firefox Grid Inspector
How to Use Explicit and Implicit Grids
How to Use the Autoflow Property in CSS Grid
How to Use the FR Unit For Layouts
How to Size Tracks with the Auto Keyword
How to Size Grid Items with the Span Keyword
How to Use Line Numbers in CSS Grid
How to Layer Items in CSS Grid
How to Use Line Names in CSS Grid
How to Place Items with Grid Template Areas
How to Use the minmax()Function
How to Use the auto-fill and auto-fit Keywords
The grid-auto-flow: dense Property
How to Align Items in CSS Grid
The justify-content and align-content Properties
How to Nest Grids