How I Finally Conquered CSS Layout: A Student’s Guide to Flexbox & GridFor the longest time, CSS layout felt like a dark art to me. My early attempts at building websites involved a chaotic mix of float, clear, and position: absolute. I spent more time fighting with my own CSS than actually building features. Centering a div felt like a monumental achievement. Then, in my web development course, we were properly introduced to Flexbox and Grid. It was a revelation. It was like someone hand... Read article

Choosing a Look and Feel: My Dive into Material, Fluent, and UI5For a course on Human-Computer Interaction, we were tasked with building a prototype for a new application. A big part of our grade was the user interface and overall user experience. This meant I had to move beyond default HTML buttons and choose a real design system and component library. I quickly fell down the rabbit hole of design philosophies and ended up comparing three of the biggest players: Google’s Material Design, Mic... Read article