{"id":58785,"date":"2022-02-10T15:01:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T07:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=58785"},"modified":"2022-02-07T17:48:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T09:48:47","slug":"free-css-reference-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/free-css-reference-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Visual CSS Reference to Study Codes by Example"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The best thing about learning to code is all the free stuff online to help you. There\u2019s tons of free <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/web-dev-youtube-channels\/\" rel=\"noopener\">videos<\/a> and tutorials on every topic imaginable.<\/p>\n<p>I personally find the best way to learn is to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/sites-to-learn-coding-online\/\" rel=\"noopener\">do it yourself<\/a> and learn as you go. This is why references can be so helpful: you just look up whichever topic you\u2019re confused by and study how it should work in the real world.<\/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-back-to-basics-terminology-explained\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: CSS Terminologies Explained\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CSS Terminologies Explained<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/css-back-to-basics-terminology-explained.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-9063 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/css-back-to-basics-terminology-explained.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">CSS Terminologies Explained<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCSS has become the most popular language for front-end design and has amazing abilities with the release of...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When it comes to learning CSS I think the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cssreference.io\/\">CSS Reference<\/a> is my favorite site.<\/p>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cssreference.io\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-css-reference-tool\/01-css-reference-website.jpg\" alt=\"CSS Reference webapp\" width=\"1668\" height=\"796\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>This online resource catalogs every single CSS property dating back to the original spec and all the way up to CSS 3.x.<\/p>\n<p>Note this guide is very much a tutorial in its own right. The content reads like one-part dictionary and one-part help guide.<\/p>\n<p>For example have a look at the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cssreference.io\/property\/animation-delay\/\">animation-delay page<\/a>. This defines the property and what it does along with the values it accepts.<\/p>\n<p>But you\u2019ll notice there\u2019s quite a few live demos on this page too. You can actually <strong>test CSS3 animations<\/strong> right on the page to see how the code works live. Crazy!<\/p>\n<figure><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cssreference.io\/property\/animation-delay\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/free-css-reference-tool\/02-css-reference-guide-animations.jpg\" alt=\"css animation delay guide\" width=\"1000\" height=\"371\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s never been any CSS reference this detailed or this useful. Or at least I\u2019ve never found one.<\/p>\n<p>You can browse properties based on topics (ex: animation, typography, flexbox) or browse the entire library of properties all at once. Either way this is a huge reference guide and it\u2019s basically the unofficial resource for everything CSS.<\/p>\n<p>One thing I will say is that the definitions of these properties <strong>are sparse<\/strong>. It helps if you already have some experience coding CSS, or at least some familiarity with the syntax.<\/p>\n<p>But even a complete newbie can bookmark this site and come back to it as a reference. By far the most practical hands-on guide to CSS I\u2019ve ever found.<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention the whole thing is fully open sourced and downloadable <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/jgthms\/css-reference\">from GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best thing about learning to code is all the free stuff online to help you. There\u2019s tons of free videos and tutorials on every topic imaginable. I personally find the best way to learn is to do it yourself and learn as you go. This is why references can be so helpful: you just&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3393],"tags":[2902],"topic":[],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Free Visual CSS Reference to Study Codes by Example - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The best thing about learning to code is all the free stuff online to help you. There&#039;s tons of free videos and tutorials on every topic imaginable. 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