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59      <h1><a href="/">Grid by Example</a></h1>
60      <p>Everything you need to learn CSS Grid Layout</p>
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83      <h1 id="get-started-with-grid-layout">Get Started with Grid Layout</h1>
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85<p>There is quite a lot to the CSS Grid Specification, however you don’t have to learn the whole thing at once. I’ve gathered some of my resources here as a getting started guide. Start with the first few links, then check out the other sections based on the problems you need to solve.</p>
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87<p>For more resources from around the web take a look at the <a href="/resources">resources section</a> of this site.</p>
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90      <section class="learn-section">
91          <h2>Get Started</h2>
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93            <h3>Video and Presentations</h3>
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95              <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1yM8HYv9lc">Presentation: Graduating to Grid</a> also see the <a href="https://noti.st/rachelandrew/LJXMWL/graduating-to-grid">resources for this talk</a>.</li>
96              <li><a href="/video/series-define-a-grid/">Defining a grid</a></li>
97              <li><a href="/video/series-the-fr-unit/">The fr unit</a></li>
98              <li><a href="/video/series-repeat/">Repeat notation</a></li>
99              <li><a href="/video/series-auto-placement-order/">Auto-placement and order</a></li>
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105            <h3>Articles and blog posts</h3>
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107              <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout/Basic_Concepts_of_Grid_Layout">MDN: Basic Concepts of Grid Layout</a></li>
108              <li><a href="/what">About Grid Layout</a></li>
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113            <h3>Example code</h3>
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115              <li><a href="/examples/example1">Defining a grid</a></li>
116              <li><a href="/examples/example10">Explicit and Implicit Grid</a></li>
117              <li><a href="/examples/example17">Grid auto-placement</a></li>
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124          <h2>Placing items onto the grid</h2>
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126            <h3>Video and Presentations</h3>
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128              <li><a href="/video/series-line-based-placement/">Line-based placement</a></li>
129              <li><a href="/video/grid-template-areas/">Grid Template Areas</a></li>
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136             <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout/Line-based_Placement_with_CSS_Grid">MDN: Line-based placement</a></li>
137             <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout/Grid_Template_Areas">MDN: Grid Template Areas</a></li>
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142            <h3>Example code</h3>
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144              <li><a href="/examples/example2">Line-based placement</a></li>
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151          <h2>Sizing of tracks and items</h2>
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153            <h3>Video and Presentations</h3>
154            <ul>
155              <li><a href="/video/series-minmax/">Introducing minmax()</a></li>
156              <li><a href="/video/series-auto-fill-auto-fit/">Introducing auto-fill and auto-fit</a></li>
157              <li><a href="/video/content-sizing/">Sizing tracks with the content sizing keywords</a></li>
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162            <h3>Articles and blog posts</h3>
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164              <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout/Basic_Concepts_of_Grid_Layout#The_Grid_container">MDN: The grid container</a></li>
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169            <h3>Example code</h3>
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171              <li><a href="/examples/example36/">Percentage-based tracks and gaps</a></li>
172              <li><a href="/examples/example31/">Simple minmax() example</a></li>
173              <li><a href="/examples/example29/">minmax() spanning columns and rows</a></li>
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180          <h2>Alignment of the grid and grid items</h2>
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182            <h3>Video and Presentations</h3>
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184              <li><a href="/video/align-grid-items/">Aligning and justifying Grid Items</a></li>
185              <li><a href="/video/align-grid/">Aligning and Justifying the Grid</a></li>
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193              <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout/Box_Alignment_in_CSS_Grid_Layout">MDN: Box Alignment in CSS Grid Layout</a></li>
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195              <li><a href="https://rachelandrew.co.uk/css/cheatsheets/box-alignment">Box Alignment cheatsheet</a></li>
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200            <h3>Example code</h3>
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202              <li><a href="/examples/example32/">Aligning the grid</a></li>
203              <li><a href="/examples/example33/">Using space-around and space-between</a></li>
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210          <h2>How does grid work with Flexbox and other specs?</h2>
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212            <h3>Video and Presentations</h3>
213            <ul>
214              <li><a href="https://vimeo.com/215091807">Smashing Conference SF 2017: Laying out the future with grid and flexbox</a></li>
215              <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXEzJ-IncX0">Fluent 2016: Making Sense of the New CSS Layout</a></li>
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220            <h3>Articles and blog posts</h3>
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222              <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout/Relationship_of_Grid_Layout">MDN: Relationship of grid layout to other layout methods</a></li>
223              <li><a href="https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/11/css-grids-flexbox-and-box-alignment-our-new-system-for-web-layout/">Smashing Magazine: Grid, Flexbox and Box Alignment</a></li>
224              <li><a href="https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2017/01/18/css-grid-one-layout-method-not-the-only-layout-method/">CSS Grid. One layout method, not the only layout method</a></li>
225              <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout/CSS_Grid,_Logical_Values_and_Writing_Modes">MDN: Logical values and writing modes</a></li>
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230            <h3>Example code</h3>
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232              <li><a href="http://codepen.io/rachelandrew/pen/evjdLM">Flexible tracks with flexible number of columns. Comparing Grid and Flexbox.</a></li>
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239          <h2>Accessibility, browsers and backwards compatibility</h2>
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241            <h3>Video and Presentations</h3>
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243              <li><a href="/video/feature-queries/">Feature Queries and grid</a></li>
244              <li><a href="https://vimeo.com/215091807">Smashing Conference SF 2017: Laying out the future with grid and flexbox (latter part covers fallbacks)</a></li>
245            </ul>
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249            <h3>Articles and blog posts</h3>
250            <ul>
251              <li><a href="https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/11/css-grid-supporting-browsers-without-grid/">Using CSS Grid: Supporting browsers without grid</a></li>
252              <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout/CSS_Grid_and_Progressive_Enhancement">MDN: CSS Grid Layout and Progressive enhancement</a></li>
253              <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout/CSS_Grid_Layout_and_Accessibility">MDN: CSS Grid Layout and accessibility</a></li>
254              <li><a href="https://rachelandrew.co.uk/css/cheatsheets/grid-fallbacks">Fallbacks and Overrides cheatsheet</a></li>
255              <li><a href="https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2016/11/26/should-i-try-to-use-the-ie-implementation-of-css-grid-layout/">Article about using the IE/Edge implementation</a></li>
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260            <h3>Example code</h3>
261            <ul>
262              <li><a href="http://codepen.io/collection/AQKYaW/">CodePen collection of simple override examples</a></li>
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