{"id":43450,"date":"2020-06-05T18:19:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T10:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=43450"},"modified":"2020-06-05T01:37:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T17:37:58","slug":"griddy-learn-css-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/griddy-learn-css-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn How CSS Grid Properties Work With Griddy.io"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you keep up with web design tech then you should know about CSS grids. These properties are <strong>new additions to the CSS3 format<\/strong> and they\u2019re quickly becoming a developer\u2019s best friend.<\/p>\n<p>We recently covered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/learn-css-grid-layout\/\">fun game<\/a> to help you learn the CSS grid properties, but games don\u2019t always teach practical ideas. That\u2019s where <a href=\"https:\/\/griddy.io\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Griddy<\/a> might be more useful.<\/p>\n<p>This free webapp lets you <strong>customize grids in real time and updates live snippets<\/strong> on the page. You can mess with your own custom grid by defining columns, gutters, and margins, and restructure the page to learn how grid properties work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/css-grid-layout-module\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: Introduction to the CSS Grid Layout Module\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Introduction to the CSS Grid Layout Module<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/css-grid-layout-module.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-29188 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/css-grid-layout-module.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">Introduction to the CSS Grid Layout Module<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIt was once tables, then margins and floats, then flexbox and now grid: CSS always steered towards new...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/griddy.io\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/griddy-learn-css-grid\/01-learn-griddy-css-grids.jpg\" alt=\"learn css grids with griddy.io\" width=\"1000\" height=\"521\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Griddy is actually a <strong>free learning tool made for frontend developers<\/strong> who wanna understand more about CSS grids.<\/p>\n<p>With this webapp you can add new items into the grid, remove other items, and resize them to fit any layout you want.<\/p>\n<p>The webapp has different sections with different input fields for editing grid properties. These let you reformat the grid rows\/columns and they teach you <strong>exactly what you\u2019re doing<\/strong> along the way.<\/p>\n<p>You can define column gaps, align grid items, and play with justification settings \u2013 all through these form fields. Whenever you make a change it\u2019ll auto-update the preview and the small code snippet underneath.<\/p>\n<p>This way you can just copy and paste the CSS into your own stylesheet if you wanna mess with it further. Pretty cool!<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/griddy.io\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/griddy-learn-css-grid\/02-example-editing-griddy-grids.jpg\" alt=\"griddy webapp preview\" width=\"1000\" height=\"421\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Griddy may not be as fun as <a href=\"https:\/\/cssgridgarden.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Grid Garden<\/a> but Griddy is a practical way to learn and <strong>visually understand<\/strong> how the CSS grid properties affect page elements.<\/p>\n<p>To play around with it just visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/griddy.io\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Griddy homepage<\/a>. You can also share your thoughts or questions with the creator on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drewisthe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@drewisthe<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you keep up with web design tech then you should know about CSS grids. These properties are new additions to the CSS3 format and they\u2019re quickly becoming a developer\u2019s best friend. We recently covered a fun game to help you learn the CSS grid properties, but games don\u2019t always teach practical ideas. 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