CSS Pseudo-Classes vs Pseudo-Elements | Pseudo-Selectors Tutorial

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Learn CSS Pseudo-Classes vs Pseudo-Elements in this CSS Pseudo-Selectors tutorial for beginners. Both pseudo-classes and pseudo-elements are used as pseudo-selectors in CSS. Examples of each type of pseudo-selector are provided.

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(00:00) Intro
(00:05) Welcome
(00:26) Pseudo-Classes vs Pseudo-Elements
(01:38) Starter Code
(02:13) :active
(02:58) :is
(04:06) :any-link
(05:02) Specificity with :is and :where
(07:55) :target
(09:33) :not
(11:31) :nth-child
(13:30) Create a pseudo-element
(14:54) Emoji pseudo-elements
(15:22) Fancy quotes with ::before and ::after
(18:36) ::first-letter
(19:49) ::first-line

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? References:
? MDN CSS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS
? MDN CSS Basics: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/CSS_basics
? MDN CSS Selectors: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Selectors
? MDN - How to Apply Colors to HTML Elements with CSS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color
? MDN - CSS Values and Units: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
? MDN - The Box Model: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/The_box_model
? MDN - Styling Lists: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Styling_text/Styling_lists
? MDN - Display Property: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/display
? MDN - Floats: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/CSS_layout/Floats
? MDN - Columns: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Columns/Basic_Concepts_of_Multicol
? MDN - Margin Collapsing: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Box_Model/Mastering_margin_collapsing
? MDN - White-Space: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/white-space
? MDN - Positioning: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/CSS_layout/Positioning
? MDN - Flexbox: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/CSS_layout/Flexbox
? MDN - Basic Concepts of Grid Layout: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout/Basic_Concepts_of_Grid_Layout
? MDN - Grid Template Areas: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout/Grid_Template_Areas
? MDN - CSS Images: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Images
? MDN - CSS Background Images: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Backgrounds_and_Borders/Resizing_background_images
? Chip Cullen - Article on Content Layout Shift: https://chipcullen.com/what-width-and-height-attributes-to-use-with-responsive-images/
? MDN - CSS Media Queries: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/CSS_layout/Media_queries
? MDN - CSS Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Selectors/Pseudo-classes_and_pseudo-elements
? MDN - List of CSS Pseudo-Classes: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Pseudo-classes
? MDN - List of CSS Pseudo-Elements: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Pseudo-elements

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