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CSS

Posted by Adam Maley
Adam Maley
5,946 Points

How much CSS is enough to move to JavaScript and how much CSS is enough to be employable?

I find myself being stuck on CSS for what seems like the better part of a year. I have done my own small sites, which are overall not great by any means. I find myself forgetting a decent amount of the CSS code to type, so I look it up online and then remember how it goes.

How much of this am I supposed to have hardwired in my brain? It seems like too much to solidify...especially when it comes to view-port sizes and nth-child stuff (this stuff confuses me often).

Also, how much do I need to know to be employable?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points

I find that the combination of knowing what features exist and knowing where to look them up is very nearly just as valuable as having all the exact syntax memorized. I certainly don't have the latter ability, nor would I ever expect to.

I think you can be an effective developer (and a valuable employee) without being a memory bank.