What Is Cascading Style Sheet (CSS)?
Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) is a standard for describing the formatting of markup language pages. It's what makes your web pages look pretty. It's like a paintbrush with which you can add color to an otherwise blank canvas and we're talking about digital paint, baby. So, it's not just a brush but also an array of tools, including a roller, that allows you to make your website as bright and colorful as you want it to be. CSS enables developers to separate content and visual elements for greater page control and flexibility. A CSS file is typically attached to an HTML file utilizing a link in the HTML file. When it comes to separating style from structure, CSS is king. It lets you make changes to the look and feel of your website without editing any code. You can even use multiple stylesheets on a single page! In the old days, styling was done in HTML. If you wanted to change your font, you had to change the font everywhere in the HTML file. This made things messy and hard to manage. A CSS file allows developers to move styling elements to a separate HTML area for clean markup. With CSS, for example, a developer can change the font for all h2 headings in an HTML file by making a single change to the CSS file. If the CSS file were not secured, the developer would have to change the font option for each h2 heading in the main HTML file. This makes it more comfortable for developers because they don't have to worry about ensuring that all their styling is consistent across their entire site (or app) - they need to make sure their CSS is consistent across each page or section of their app! And if you don't want any color? That's cool too! You can use CSS to make things appear in black and white or any other color scheme you want.
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