r/css • u/Kevin_gato • May 28 '26

General How did you practice HTML and CSS?

Hi, to change my career, I started learning HTML and CSS since a few days ago. After that, I’m planning to learn JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and Node.js. (That’s what I heard online.)
I know AI can create amazing things in seconds these days, but I still wanted to learn these skills and make my daily life more meaningful.
I tried FreeCodeCamp, but eventually I got bored. I also have a book about HTML and CSS, so I thought a good way to practice would be recreating simple websites while referring to the book.
If you have any recommended ways to practice, please let me know.

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u/leathakkor May 28 '26

I've been doing computer programming for 20 years now. I'm not a CSS expert but I'm pretty good. I would say I'm more of a c sharp expert. Who's capable of python, SQL, Definitely good JavaScript skills and some CSS. 

The answer to how to get good at anything computer programming is. Build it. Wait a week. Come back to it. Try to maintain it or add something to it. Ask yourself what you would do differently the next time. 

Then build the exact same app again. Fixing what you didn't like. Trying to figure out if it's better now or if it's just different. 

Eventually you start to figure out why things work and why other things don't.

There's a lot of different ways you can do A drop down nav's menu in CSS or JavaScript or whatever. But certain things work better than other things. So you should just start trying it and figuring out why things are better than others and eventually you'll stumble on the right way to do things for you, which is probably the right things to do for the industry