This week we are discussing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
What is CSS? CSS is a language that was developed to help website developers meet the requirements of a website's design. CSS defines a webpage's colors layout and can even be used to change the font characteristics of an element on the page. Adding this capability has allowed web developers to create "modular" style sheets.
For those who don't know, making something modular in this sense is how programmers develop code when writing in a language. Instead of having to rewrite entire programs programmer will develop code that can be used in many different applications by having the code easily accessible to other parts of their program(s). CSS is similar because it basically allows design elements to be created and used as templates for the developer.
(Modular Web Design?! - http://www.creativebloq.com/css3/create-modular-and-scalable-css-9134351)
Great information Mark! Did you know you can use CSS to stylize more than just the font characteristics of a webpage? You can essentially stylize every aspect of the webpage with CSS, and even reuse most of your code just as you've spoken to. Do you have any experience in web development, and if so which method of CSS inclusion to you prefer? Separate file, or embedded?
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