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CSS

Posted by J V
J V
4,471 Points

Website from scratch and normalize.css

when building a site from scratch, does this mean we cannot use a tool like normalize.css?

would it be better for a developer's portfolio to avoid something like this?

Maybe I'm not understanding the point of this video.. is normalize.css something standard that everyone should place in their website? If so, forget the other questions above. :)

1 Answer

Raymond Tran
Raymond Tran
6,285 Points
Raymond Tran
Raymond Tran
6,285 Points

Normalize.css is a file which is popularly used as tool to set up all the browsers to the default setting, for example: font size will be set to 16px. The purpose of using it is to make sure your website works well in all the browsers. To sum up, as long as you have it above all other css file, it will save you lots of time figuring why your website looks pretty in a browser but looks weird in another.

p/s: those are from my understanding, if I'm wrong, please fix me.

J V
J V
4,471 Points

I guess my question is...

Is normalize.css a standard file that is used for every webpage? If I was applying for a position as a web developer and they wanted me to build a bare-bones website, would I not be able to use something like normalize.css?