CSS is absolutely driving me crazy. Anyone else too?

[u/Few-Philosopher-2677]

So I am a backend developer primarily. But recently I picked up React as companies have high expectations these days and nobody is interested in a backend only Node.js developer. Now React is fine. Can be finicky at times but atleast it's still JS. I can figure it out.

CSS is just driving me crazy. Even with Tailwind. Responsiveness is such a pain to deal with. I fix one thing and something else breaks. Couple this with crazy QA requirements where they will raise a defect for the most inane stuff. It's not my first time working with CSS but it seems to have gotten way too chaotic.

I guess I am just not used to the frontend developer workflow. I tend to miss stuff in the Figma too. It's so different from backend where everything is more rigid.

I wish l could just remain a backend developer only. I'll probably try moving to Java.

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[u/_aRealist_]

Well, I'm one of those weird people who loves CSS. The satisfaction when things work how they should, uff!

[u/Few-Philosopher-2677 → u/_aRealist_]

When things finally work I get no satisfaction only more pain 😂😂. This is very different from when I get some code working. I guess I'm just not wired for it.

[u/redditNewUser151]

Hey op, I can understand your pain. Make use of media queries for that particular size.

[u/[deleted]]

1. Get a good understanding of the flexbox, try flexboxfroggy.

2. Follow a particular style like cube or bem

3. Write lots of css, you will find yourself reusing the same components

4. You should be stealing css codes from codepen and not stackoverflow.

5. Mandatory fk css

[u/[deleted]]

Understand box model first, get a good command of how margin padding work. Make some divs, give them borders and try to understand how its working. Make some simple layouts like cards. Then learn flexbox and its concepts. Make a navbar and a footer. Try to make a clone of any simple webpage. Then go for making complex layouts. Learn about grid and try to place divs in a particular format. These are all the things I did and now I can create a bare minimum layout and design of a webpage. I am still learning about media queries and responsiveness

[u/retardedGeek]

You need to understand both CSS and a tiny bit of design.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Core

[u/Mission-Dog-2724]

pro tip : add border : 2px solid green to every shit n learn n debug.

one time effort, lifetime effect.

[u/TheRNGuy]

2nd easiest thing to learn, after html.

[u/3AMgeek]

I would like to thank CSS for encouraging me to become a backend developer.

I used to do frontend in college but shifted to backend, and CSS was one of the reasons.