Is this a good strategy to learn CSS/Web Design?

Im no master yet , but it sounds to me like your on the right track .. My advice is keep doing what your doing , build up some sites , watch some tutorials and try to incorporate what you've already learned into that .. Just keep plugging away and you will eventually get there ...

for the minute , don't worry about js/php ... just concentrate on getting your core HTML / CSS sorted . the other stuff will follow in time ... keep at it . there will be days when you wonder if you could ever be at a point where it makes sense .... but don't worry , the day after you'll make a major breakthrough ..

Hi, Been doing this for around 2 years and still consider myself a noob but here's my 2 cents:

I think you're definitely on the right track. It's good that you're going over the lessons multiple times, there's so much information crammed into the videos that you can't take it all in in one go.

I make notes as I go through and try to apply what I've learnt in a project. There is a new forum challenge posted each week for example which has really helped me with learning, even if you feel your not up to the challenge just do it, fail a lot and learn from the mistakes.

The way I see bootstrap is as a tool that's good for speeding up workflow. You still need to know how the underlying code works to be able to use it effectively so getting the basics down first is extremely important.

Layouts are probably the most difficult part of CSS to learn so it will take time. Check out Layout Techniques.

So basically, keep doing what you're doing. You might feel you are progressing slower than you'd like to, but that's normal. Don't try and rush through everything and burn yourself out.

Hope this helps!

I have been working with Web front-end for over 5 years now. I started by using ready-made templates found on the Web and rebuilding them to fit my needs. I not only learned by doing, but also tried to understand what the original designers did in the first place. Consequently, I learned new things as well as mastered the ones I already had.

After you learn CSS and you're relatively fluent with that, I suggest looking into CSS frameworks such as Less CSS (lesscss.org). Less CSS framework is built on JavaScript and helps you write CSS quicker and easier. It changes CSS syntax a little and improves its capabilities, and you do not need any JS knowledge.