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Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to learn CSS

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Start with SASS/SCSS instead of CSS. I found it a lot more understandable and efficient. SCSS is compatible with CSS so you can incorporate SCSS in any existing CSS if you want/need to.

I actually disagree. SASS is great, but if you don't know CSS as a foundation, it's very easy to end up with severely bloated styles. You have to know CSS really well before you can use SASS efficiently.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to learn CSS

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Start with SASS/SCSS instead of CSS. I found it a lot more understandable and efficient. SCSS is compatible with CSS so you can incorporate SCSS in any existing CSS if you want/need to.

I actually disagree. SASS is great, but if you don't know CSS as a foundation, it's very easy to end up with severely bloated styles. You have to know CSS really well before you can use SASS efficiently.

isn't CSS itself bloated by definition?

Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to learn CSS

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As a fellow programmer, I find CSS non intuitive.

The best book I've found as a programmer is Stylin' with CSS: A Designer's Guide by Charles Wyke-Smith. Not as much BS, cuts to the chase.

Second: start with simple styleshheet and build from there. Don't buy into the ultra fancy complex stuff till you feel ready; there a lot of good result you can get from just the basics.

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