CSS 3 Visual Learning fills a gap in the learning and reference courses on introductory web design. Instead of the terse definitions written for experts found in online documentation resources, or long commentaries to ease novices into programming, this course strikes a balance between succinct explanation and complete visualizations of code so that the key concepts are learned through easy-to-follow examples.

This course details comprehensively the practice of enhancing the visual styling of HTML-structured web content through the use of Cascading Style Sheets, by covering CSS 3 syntax and properties. The course assumes a prior knowledge of HTML. If you have worked through the precursor course to this one– HTML 5 Visual Learning– or have equivalent knowledge and skills in using markup for HTML pages, you will be able to work through the CSS examples in this course.

No previous experience with CSS is required. Since HTML experience is presumed, it is also expected that you have basic knowledge of how to use a code editor, and how to use an FTP client application if your eventual goal is to design live websites that are stored on a web server. Those topics are also covered in HTML 5 Visual Learning.