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09:09:00 PST Question: Does Bootstrap qualify as a "pre-processor"? Will you be talking about it? Answer: Bootstrap is more of a CSS framework. We'll talk about it, but it's not a preprocessor

09:22:56 PST Question: Will you be talking in this session about changing styles according to the device? Answer: Yep, we'll talk about that in module 4: Media Queries

09:24:05 PST Question: can every html element be a selector? Answer: Yep!

09:27:29 PST Question: Can you assure the right font by providing it ? Answer: Yes, there are some web fonts that you can provide and use

09:29:27 PST Question: Video recording will be available on MVA site? Answer: Yes it will

09:31:58 PST Question: Is there going to be any discussion concerning float clearing? Answer: Yes, in the layouts module

09:34:10 PST Question: The DOM builds a tree of the document, if I am correct. Is it not possibme to to select elements in the tree

by CSS ? For example, select all underlying elements of a specific list? Answer: It is indeed possible to select based on DOM structure, and we'll talk about that next module

09:37:25 PST Question: what feature provided by bootstrap same thing can provided by with css3 Answer: Bootstrap just has a lot of base styles for you to make styling easier. It's entirely CSS based.

09:44:07 PST Question: what the difference between css and css3 features Answer: CSS3 is just the newer/updated version of the CSS spec

09:52:27 PST Question: Q: The F12 works great for a webpage, but is there anything like that for if I am making a Win8 store app

with HTML to check the CSS ? Answer: Have you tried using Blend for Visual Studio?

09:59:48 PST Question: just a short correction for the F12 Tools: the number behind the style source is not the score of any

calculation as Chris just mentioned but just the line number, where the declaration can be found

Answer: Thanks

10:00:29 PST Question: So bootstrap is like jquery for javascript. Answer: I like that analogy!

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10:00:43 PST Question: What type of project do you create on Visual Studio for a HTML website? Answer: I just used Blank Web Project

10:06:07 PST Question: is there a way to change all the h1 referances in the bootstrap.css for diferent sized screens? Answer: You can edit your bootstrap files to make custom ones, and you can, of course, change the h1 properties in

your own style files and import that

10:07:22 PST Question: Helen or Christopher, is it possible to "inherit" properties from a class into another class ? Answer: That's something preprocessors do, but CSS natively you can have multiple classes for an element though,

so that multiple styles will be applied

10:07:23 PST Question: Are you required to place the tag before the or is this just the best

practice? Answer: Best practice

10:08:17 PST Question: I might be wrong, in some case where I use third party software tools for web like radcontrols where css is

inject dynamically, I usually use !important quite alot. I don't any other way to archive that without using important keyword. Answer: Good point. There are use cases for !important, but they do tend to be edge cases like what you mentioned

10:14:08 PST Question: Can we use browser specific css? Or can we distinguish browsers in css? Answer: Yes, with vendor prefixes, which we'll talk about in a bit

10:33:34 PST Question: In case of nested divs, first child div will be the first Child? Answer: yes

10:38:46 PST Question: HI i am very new to css can you please tell me deference between margin and padding Answer: we'll touch on that next module

10:39:31 PST Question: Was that ctrl K ctrl D to format Answer: yes

10:41:35 PST Question: Will there be any discussions about media queries today? Answer: yes. in module 4

10:52:12 PST Question: Eg. div:first-child:first line (no double colons) Answer: You do need to use the double colons for first-line

10:59:29 PST Question: but if we are using something like size in width or height than what is best practice either px or % Answer: depends on your need. A photo or something works best in absolute sizes like px, whereas layout work best

in %

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11:01:21 PST Question: This discussion of rem vs em has been very helpful. What module are we in? I would like to be able to

come back to this section when the recording is made available. Answer: this is module 2

11:02:30 PST Question: it blows up the line-height as well, is it true? although you did not specify that anywhere? Answer: yes, that is true. it updates the entirety of the font

11:06:27 PST Question: Can we use conditional styles on basis of screen size? Answer: You can! we'll see media queries later

11:10:44 PST Question: Is the sizing of the text while sizing the browser a new feature of css3? Or is it present on earlier version

also? Answer: I want to say that's a CSS3 thing, although I don't always remember when something came to be.

11:22:42 PST Question: Is it best way to use inline styles ? Answer: Generally, no. I've been doing it for simple demos, but real world you want a separate file.

11:26:26 PST Question: It's possible to place divs next to each other using the float attribute, but you have to remember to clear it.

Is the inline-block a better substitution for this method? Answer: Float is nice, but you can run into issues with overlapping elements.

11:27:44 PST Question: I'm 2 hours late, is this module 2? Answer: Module 3

11:36:07 PST Question: when the code gets posted do we get a before and after file? Answer: We can make that happen

11:38:16 PST Question: What is z-index actually works for. I did not get it. Answer: It makes sure something is on top

11:42:36 PST Question: are the f12 tools a plug in or a separate app? Answer: Built right in

11:42:49 PST Question: Is z-index like the 3rd dimension? Answer: It is

11:43:52 PST Question: I think that the Z-Index in related like layers more Z-index more nearby from us ... less Z-layer ... more

away from us... is that right? Answer: That's exactly it!

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11:44:15 PST Question: Is padding goes like top left bottom right? Answer: Top Right Bottom Left

11:45:39 PST Question: What was the key combination with the box-sizing property for adding automatically all properties covering

browser variants? Answer: Tab Tab (tab twice)

11:54:03 PST Question: Its really working Helpful with overflow and box size .. Great ! Answer: You're welcome

13:21:24 PST Question: If the css file is placed in some other folder, do we need to pass absolute path to import that? Answer: It needs to be a resolvable path.

13:23:04 PST Question: Do we have intellisense for media queries? Answer: You do

13:29:45 PST Question: Is it good practice to add images through CSS or HTML? Should we add different size of same images (by

Photoshop)respective to device size or set width of image to 100%? Answer: That's a long conversation. I like Picture Fill.

13:35:56 PST Question: @media screen AND

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14:04:03 PST Question: Why does the div::selection take 2 colons? Do any other pseudo classes do that? Does max-width: 700px

mean up to an including 700 px? or does it mean less than 700 px? I ask because what happens when you have max-wdith:700px and later (min-width:700px and max-width:1600px)?

Answer: Max-width means going below 700px. : election is a pseudo element and pseudoelements use 2 colons

14:12:12 PST Question: Is pseudo element a short code of "Child"? Answer: It's more like different portions of an element. For instance, the first line of a paragraph or the selected part

of a paragraph

14:13:48 PST Question: For a specific web page by itself what is typically the amount CSS (in kb) that you would want to limit for

the browser's download? (summing referenced CSS sheets imported) Answer: as small as possible. it's pretty easy to get your css to a couple of kb by using a minifier

14:14:45 PST Question: can we apply style on click events of elements? Answer: you'll need a little javascript to apply extra styles like transform

14:20:23 PST Question: Are transitions and transformations a part of CSS3? Not prior to CSS3? Answer: transitions have been around for a while., but there are more properties with CSS3

14:29:43 PST Question: ... So ? any answer? Answer: it's best practice to, yes

14:41:29 PST Question: "If you're anything like me, and I know I am..." LOL!

Answer:

14:52:16 PST Question: I've probably missed it (arrived late) ... are the code samples available somewhere ... codeplex, github,

etc.? \ Answer: GitHub.com/GeekTrainer/css-style

14:54:03 PST Question: I don't think I will use javascript any more for any ui changes. it will help only to add or remove class .

thanks to css. Answer: Awesome!

14:54:12 PST Question: Super liked the concept: html for semantic, css for style and js for logic. Answer: Thanks! I'm glad that helped!

14:54:29 PST Question: If there are two transfom properties set, there will be a conflict? Answer: It will, and use the standard CSS tiebreakers

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14:55:24 PST Question: Thanks for the demo! Answer: You're welcome

14:55:50 PST Question: can the preprocessor include the business logic alongwith styles? Answer: It can do some basic logic

14:59:42 PST Question: is there any tool to convert my standard css to any pre processor defined syntax? Answer: Visual Studio can do it

14:59:46 PST Question: Do these preprocessors work within visual studio? Answer: They do

15:00:49 PST Question: Is there any movement for CSS to incorporate LESS out of the box? Answer: I think the problem is there are a lot of options available.

15:06:08 PST Question: SASS is in my name...and far from LESS

Answer:

15:18:41 PST Question: so we need less.js that will re compile to css. so again we will overload our page with js for this

compilation. so do we need this pre processor? Answer: Only if you're going to let the browser do it.

15:26:53 PST Question: I want one of those PCs that they are using. Answer: Planar PCT 2785 monitors

15:27:09 PST Question: This was very informative. Thanks. Answer: Thank you!

15:27:21 PST Question: No more wine, Chris... Answer: Duly noted!

15:28:19 PST Question: let's drinks beer

Answer: