STUMP'D Interview Questions - CSS Edition

Nov 3, 2021

Scott and Wes challenge each other with tricky CSS interview questions, revealing amusing anecdotes about unexpected wildlife encounters. They dive into the nuances of CSS properties, selectors, and the complexities of specificity. The discussion also explores the powerful features of Sanity for image handling and Sentry for application performance monitoring. With a mix of humor and technical insight, they tackle CSS strategies, quirks, and even the parenting challenges that come with being developers.

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ADVICE

Styling List Markers

Use list-style-type to control list markers' appearance.
Consider this property even if you mostly toggle lists on/off.

INSIGHT

Pseudo-elements vs. Pseudo-classes

Pseudo-elements create actual elements in HTML using the double colon.
Pseudo-classes define a specific state of an element, using a single colon.

INSIGHT

Block, Inline, and Inline-Block

Block elements occupy the full width of their parent container.
Inline elements only take up as much width as their content requires, flowing within the text.

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In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes are back with another edition of “Stump’d!” where they try to stump each other with interview questions.

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Show Notes

06:05 - Which property allows you to control the shape or appearance of the marker of a list?

06:33 - What is a pseudo element? What is a pseudo class?

09:15 - What is the difference between block, inline and inline-block elements?

10:15 - What is a combinator selector?

11:12 - What is specificity? How do you calculate specificity?

14:37 - True or False — The translate() function can move the position of an element on the z-axis?

16:44 - What is the difference between “resetting” and “normalizing” CSS?

17:51 - How can you load CSS resources conditionally?

19:45 - Is there any reason you’d want to use translate() instead of absolute positioning, or vice-versa?

22:30 - When to use CSS grid vs flexbox?

25:12 - What are all eight @-rules in CSS?

28:01 - Which property is used to underline, overline, and strikethrough text?

29:52 - What is DOM reflow?

32:14 - How do you serve your pages for feature-constrained browsers? What techniques do you use?

34:00 - What is the property for controlling image-scroll?

36:23 - What are the three different types of CSS gradients?

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