Jen is an unique speaker. She does not only explain very technical stuff very simply, but she also brings her own ideas and experiences from a more creative standpoint to inspire others. I think I'm in love with her.
@@raygordonteacheschess5501 you had to be that guy, huh? Well, newsflash, it's you who isn't much of a looker Ray! Had to rinse my eyes after looking briefly at your vids man.
Yeah there’s something really attractive about her. She’s not the best for looks I mean she’s a bit older but she’s still cute and has a really nice personality
Actually IE 11 supports grid, it was the first browser to support it. It's just a different flavor of it and you can do a lot in it. It's a bit of extra work but it's very possible.
It does support it though. Thankfully we're starting to come to a point where clueless people are using Edge by default, and that is bearable at least.
I just wanted to take a moment to thank you. I originally got into graphic design, but fell in love with code so decided to pursue web design. But website designs have seemed really... stuck for awhile. A box here another box there and for someone who loved the artistic side of design, it started to get really discouraging. Everyone would go on about how this is just the way the web should work, and I had a hard time feeling excited about designing websites and imagining my place in the industry. Finding your videos, hearing someone who's done this for so long and is so prolific in the community talk about building beautiful websites, challenging us to really push ourselves, it's truly reinvigorated me. Thank you.
There are other nice ones on RU-vid, I find. I like the teaching style of Derek Banas, which fields warm, caring, and friendly. I find Traversy Media is very clear and thorough in his explanations too. There's also a guy named 'Bobby' who teaches about Wordpress; I really like him too, but I can't remember his channel name. Jen Simmons certainly is my absolute favourite CSS and design teacher though. Yeah, the way she describes things makes you feel the same passion for the design and technologies that she does. It's great!
Great video! I am no designer and a complete newbie to CSS (mere weeks old). But wow, I love it when we can get into a master designer's head where the discussion is not so much about the tech and all about innovative ideas humanly imaginable. More videos please!! The presentation is wonderful too! 9:16 is GOLD!
I love the fact that you talk to us today about bloody everything! I'm sure you're rocking' the big times in our field - art/dev/leadership. But I wouldn't have learned CSS and Flex without your sympathetic and really cool wise help. Thanks a million Jen. You also have a really soothing voice, perfect teacher, thank you!
Simply put . . . You are a legend. I tried CSS Grid back in 2017 but decided to leave it until the browsers caught up. Now in 2020, I'm jumping back in. Your advice in invaluable, your comments insightful. Thank you for the videos.
Another perfect tut from Jen. Not a stiff lecture. It's like sitting in a comfortable room listening to a really interesting sr dev who wants you to succeed.
One of the reasons I like using a framework like BS4 is for the Javascript components. I would still prefer to use CSS Grid for the layout, and use BS4 for the javascript. Much easier than building everything from scratch.
I've been learning Html , CSS and javascript my own for 2 months now, and i have no idea how I've missed your content. You are a lifesaver. This channel is what I've needed most.
I'm graduating with a computer science degree this year, and I'm a solid programmer, but always found CSS frustrating. This channel helped make all of it make so much more sense and I'm managing to make webpages that don't _just_ work, but also look nice!
As a beginner and hobbyist dabbling,, Jen inspires me to learn CSS Grid. I can't stop watching your videos and only hope I will be able to design with Grid.
wow..Madamme, you're really straight and clean: i'm a newbie [is it correct??] in the css world and generally speaking, web. I'm a graphic designer, yes, this i can say, as i'm used to be ready to print out the things, but the web, it's such a hard piece of cake..when i saw grid it was like wow, but obviously, not knowing things, makes it complicated. You made me more calm, i see that the path of css is like adding a new possibility to what was been already done: ok, we had Flex, now, a Grid, for some reason. So, as i understand, we don't throw in the bin the other, but simply, aggregate a new "technique" to our system of working. So to say, in my lab [i just make an out loud reasoning of my own process] we have vectors and rasters: they both exist, we can't say one is better than the other. They ARE. :- D Happy to understand more new things, and definitely i'll follow your thoughts, as you instantly gave me the impression of a Wise Person, not only about the tecnica topic, but, further than that, overall.. [ hope it make sense in english]. Thank You for the video, i really appreciated it! Tytus.
I completely agree with Jen, front-end frameworks are a great starting point but sometimes you just get to a point where you don't need them anymore. Writing your own style guide that is tailored to your app makes so much more sense.
using posters as a source of inspiration is such a good idea! there are so many great examples of *wild* layouts-rotated, nested, distorted-in traditional design that are super rewarding to code into a webpage, especially if it can adapt to different device sizes
As a new frontend-dev who is struggling to find her way in this chaotic world of web development, I only have two words to say to you. With all my heart, THANK YOU!
"People searching high and low for a new framework to replace their old framework, where the new framework just happens to be built in CSS Grid." 😂😂🔥🔥🔥 savage.
"Thinking CSS Grid is Everything." - Really? Well, there are also those who only buy cross slot screwdrivers. "Always Using 12 Columns." - When I realized that there were people using 12 column grids I was amazed. Grids offer us the keys of freedom and we close the door from inside. Curious human behavior. "Reaching for a Framework." - Well, it's hard to tear down paradigms, even the worst ones. Huge point. "Waiting for IE11 to Die." - It's so easy to make a functional grid for IE 11 that it's hard to believe that people are not doing it. It's like buying only furniture build with cross slot screws only because that's the only screwdriver you have. "Hesitating Instead of Playing." Hesitating instead of enjoying the excitement of playing. Another huge point. And another curious human behavior. My first visit to this channel. Pretty good experience. Thanks. .
Excellent video, just wanted to pick up on one thing. Using 12 columns is not “a legacy from technical constraints”, there were no constraints in the past that made us use 12 columns. In fact the opposite - we used columns of whatever sizes we wanted. 12 column grids became the norm because it created consistency across a website, which is still a valid design approach with CSS Grid. Of course there will be times when we want to do something different, but I think having 6 or 12 columns as a “default” will continue to be most common.
Unless comparison shopping. Major use by the way. Reading the news, one paragraph after another. Not rocket science. Go into film making if web sites are so annoying? Lol.
Frameworks that co-opt CSS Grid are really bad news. I did a project with Foundation and that now has absorbed CSS Grid. It obfuscates the underlying CSS Grid and hides the key functionality, making it not obvious that layout can differ from document structure. Plus there is a whole shedload of Foundation stuff to learn, this has to be unlearned when moving to CSS Grid proper. They don't even have the decency to explain that they have just co-opted CSS Grid.
Great as always :) Thank you Jen! Takeaway, be a true developer and master your skills, mastery requires playing and experimenting. Don't forget : Use the tools as pen and paper, clay and water - go out and get inspired from nature and other industries - create awesome crafts like a real craftsman.
She speaks like she is talking to a real person in front of her like giving an interview to a TV reporter. Unfortunately, interviewer part has been edited out. Loved the info. :)
About the 12 columns thing - I kinda of agree, but then at the same time, I feel that for me conceptually it is the best default. Even setting aside any math/calculations, it's easier for me to grasp my layout this. way. Having nice quarters, thirds & half is great. There is a reason why many of the older (.e.g. imperial) measuring systems have a lot of 12-based units. It's intuitive.
A note on CSS Frameworks (and the hate they are getting in the comments). CSS Frameworks are often a lot more than a grid system. Grid doesn't replace all their functionality, it just makes the layout bit unnecessary because it is now trivial to use CSS Grid to do the 12 column grid thing. Bootstrap for example is way more than a 12 column grid. It's a prebuilt comprehensive design system which gives you a whole bunch of good looking components with a neutral aesthetic. It can be a great tool for a specific job, e.g. Rapid prototyping or websites on a budget. Frameworks certainly come with drawbacks but understanding what they are can help minimise them (e.g. Use SASS version of Bootstrap so you can selectively load only relevant modules) and help you make an informed choice about whether they are appropriate for a particular task. Also, I agree its a shame that frameworks and the 12 column grid have held back creativity on the web but on the other hand many people just need to get the job done. Pushing boundaries and innovating is really a luxury that many website creators doing client work don't have. Frankly I think the 12 column grid has been a fantastic layout pattern that is super easy and quick to use for creating clean functional layouts. The web is largely much better off and more useable for it. Yes things are a bit samey at the moment and I'm really pleased that we get new tools to help be more creative but lets not get carried away thinking creativity is the only important thing.
#1 for me would be: not testing in older versions of Firefox! For instance: ff 60 requires that grid-rows have a specified size, otherwise they will get infinite height newer versions which can handle auto sizing. I once built an audioplayer in cssgrid, tested it in all my local browsers - later got a user saying they couldn’t see the player controls. Turns out they ended upp outside of the player container cause their grid row had infinite height Visual bugs can happen in any css concept but they are unusually bad when it comes to grid since it ruins the layout not just some border radius
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Laughing, please no! Agreed, wholeheartedly... When I get my site/portfolio built I'm sending it your way first for review. The goal will be to be original, as possible, and innovative in layout and presentation.
RU-vid recommended me this video when I was working on making my personal layout with grid, flexbox, variables and light dark mode. No, it won't be a framework because I mostly dislike them(Bootstrap is becoming a Frankenstein at this point XD), but rather a blueprint to start projects. Anyways I loved your video and the way you explained your thoughts, subscribing ;)
The opposite of using media query all the time is trying to never use it. Grid and flex can't solve some things, or is overly complicated to do, such as making a title centered when it wraps due to a narrow screen but left-aligned when it can fit on one line.
Man, point seven reminded me of the 'good old days' of webdev. They maybe weren't all that good in terms of technologies-I'm talking about back when CSS 1.0 first appeared and we were still arguing with IE5.5-but website designs were so much more varied and creative back then! Lots of broken sites too, for sure; Lots of webpages of animated gifs and 'sparkles', certainly; But so much variety! Well, Layout Land, I'm certainly hoping that you're right and the next stage of webdev and webdesign sees creativity and variety return to the crazy field we work in. (I don't believe I'm only in my thirties but already have 'back in my day' stories.)
🤔 it's really weird, i was thinking in all of this long before this video came out then i realized that those are really the common mistakes that many of us make not because we want but because there is so much noise and opinions that sometimes are not the appropiate ones. I really appreciate this video it was like a true answer. By the way besides the number line mistake i ran in one while understanding spam, it start to count from where you currently are 😂
Thank you so much for your presence on youtube making videos for free we love you, mam! May God bless you! I will donate you inshallah whenever I become a millionaire person
YOU ARE (the legitimized successor of Travis Neilson! MPJ and David are great but YOU give me what I have been looking for, since Travis said goodbye!) AWESOME!!!
I just want to be vulnerable for a bit: why do I feel overwhelmed every single time a new feature is added in a language like CSS? From my point of view, it demands new decisions when creating a layout. Just as you said: sometimes, a little float does the job. But, at the same time, I have this feeling of inferiority every time I use floats. My approach to coding is the the simplest design choice possible and to go from there if it’s not enough. I think there are many like me who would try CSS Grid out and if it doesn’t work immediately, we would fall back to Flexbox/floats. But just like any skill, this demands trial and error which many feel constraint to invest. Anyways, thanks for the video 😆
I very much love the idea of not creating a new framework. I belive that we don't need to complicate things more. However, I started researching about how to adapt a css grid layout to a Drupal or WordPress site... well, it seems that they don't help much and many modules or plugins are based on famous frameworks. So, a responsive slideshow, for example, would have to be done by hand. Sometimes, using those frameworks and those plugins that depend on them are time saving. But I very much like the idea of making things easier. Thank you very much for this video!
Great video - it's reinvigorated my desire to get stuck back in to going over the basics and to play around with Grid. I will definitely watch all the other recommended videos, especially the ones that talk about how and when to use both Flex, Grid and Float - unfortunately I'm not a graphic designer and not very creative and so I need to see many examples of it in use in order to spark ideas of my own. The other one I'll be paying particular attention to is the 7 part series and how to make CSS resilient in all browsers... knowing how and when to use 'fall backs' is something that has eluded me for some time!
Hi Jen. I've been really enjoying your videos and I've found your ideas of what we can do with CSS grid incredibly inspiring. Where I'm really hitting a barrier, though, is trying to figure out how to properly incorporate responsive images with CSS grid (or Flexbox, for that matter). Obviously, in terms of performance, I would love to be able to deliver the correct size image to each browser rather than just shrinking down massive images. For example, in older layouts down with breakpoints, floats and percentages, I could set it up so that an image in a column was full-width when the column was small, half-width when it was larger, and third-width at very large, and serve the correct sized image in each case. I can't figure out how I could do that with grid, because I don't know how large a column or cell will be and so I can't use srcset and sizes to specify the correct image file to use. Am I missing something incredibly obvious here? Is there a way to serve proper responsive images in a case like this? I wonder if you might consider addressing this in a video? Thanks!
