CSS Learning Curve

"The final look and feel has always been in the control of the user."

CSS properties are similar to those found in HTML. They are used to modify existing HTML elements. There are three methods to apply CSS to your HTML code, although HTML.net suggests linking to a style sheet (external).

Because CSS became the alternative method of styling (instead of using tables to display your info), it is important to note that "The strength of CSS lies in the ability to separate content from presentation, and to allow for more precise control over layout," says the WebAIM reading on CSS. 

As for the Osborne readings, I learned that CSS was created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), with CSS you are able to apply consistent formatting to a number of different elements across one or all of the pages of your website, and that the term "cascading" refers to the idea of a hierarchical structure. Div tags, as we saw in our personal webpage assignment using HTML, are reappearing, as are the terms borders, padding and margins.