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The way my buddy explained CSS selectors finally made it click for me
I was at a coffee shop last Thursday and my friend Jake just drew a little tree on a napkin. He labeled each branch as a parent or child element and showed how selectors travel down the tree. I had been struggling with specificity for like 2 months before that. Has anyone else had a random explanation from a friend that just stuck way better than any tutorial?
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johnson.paul5d ago
Man, that napkin tree thing is exactly what I needed to hear too. I read somewhere that people remember stuff better when it's tied to a picture or a story instead of just text. @patriciah51, you're right on about that. I had a buddy once explain flexbox by comparing it to people standing in line at a food truck, and that really clicked for me way more than any long tutorial ever did.
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patriciah515d ago
Doesn't it seem like the best way to learn anything is when someone ties it back to a tree, a map, or something you see every day?
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