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CSS

web-development frontend software-engineering

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CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is what makes websites look nice. It controls things like colors, fonts, spacing, and layout. HTML is the structure of the page, and CSS is the style.

Link https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS https://markodenic.com/css-tutorial/

Frontend

web-development frontend

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The frontend is everything you see on a website — buttons, colors, images, and text. It's the part of the website you interact with directly.

Link https://roadmap.sh/frontend

JavaScript

web-development frontend

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JavaScript is a programming language that makes websites interactive. It's what lets you click buttons, open menus, play videos, or check forms in your browser. Most websites use it.

Link https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript https://javascript.info/

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