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Guided: Creating Layouts with Flexbox
Tired of fighting with floats and positioning to create clean, responsive layouts? It’s time to master Flexbox. In this lab, you’ll transform a static HTML structure into a modern, fully responsive product page. You will learn how to effortlessly align, distribute, and center elements to build professional-grade navigation bars and dynamic card grids that look great on any device. Say goodbye to layout hacks and hello to flexible, predictable CSS.
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Introduction
Welcome to the CSS Flexbox code lab! In this lab, you'll learn how to create modern, responsive web layouts from scratch. You will take a plain HTML file and use the power of Flexbox to build a structured, well-aligned, and adaptive web page.
The project is a simple Featured Products page. You are provided with all the necessary HTML and some basic non-layout CSS. Your task is to write the Flexbox code to bring the design to life. info > This lab experience was developed by the Pluralsight team using Forge, an internally developed AI tool utilizing Gemini technology. All sections were verified by human experts for accuracy prior to publication. For issue reporting, please contact us.
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Step 2: Creating the Main Page Layout
The foundation of any good layout is its main structure. You will start by using Flexbox to organize the highest-level elements of the page: the header, the main content area, and the footer. Arrange them in a vertical column and center them on the page.
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Step 3: Building the Navigation Bar
A responsive navigation bar is common on most websites. Here, you'll use Flexbox to align the site logo and navigation links, controlling spacing and alignment on the main (horizontal) and cross (vertical) axes.
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Step 4: Creating a Responsive Card Grid
Card grids are a popular way to display items like products or articles. Making them responsive is essential. In this step, you'll convert a simple list of items into a flexible, wrapping grid that adapts to different screen sizes. You'll learn about wrapping, sizing, and how flex items grow and shrink.
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Step 5: Styling Individual Cards
Now that the overall grid is responsive, it's time to focus on the content inside each card. You'll apply Flexbox to the cards to easily center their content and ensure a consistent, clean appearance.
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Step 6: Final Touches and Conclusion
To wrap things up, you'll apply one final alignment to the footer. This reinforces the concepts of centering you've learned throughout the lab. Congratulations on completing the lab! You've successfully used CSS Flexbox to build a fully responsive webpage. You now have the foundational skills to create complex layouts, align elements with precision, and build common UI components for any web project.
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