Page Building 101 (Era 4): Getting Started 03 – Installing ACSS

Jan 5th, 20262 min

Kevin Geary

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Here's the reality of building a website from zero: there are dozens and dozens of decisions you have to make before you can actually start building.

Do you normalize your CSS? What's your spacing scale? How do you handle typography? What about colors, sizing conventions, CSS variables? The list goes on and on. And if you're new to web development, trying to make all these decisions while you're also trying to learn the fundamentals is absolutely overwhelming. It pulls your focus away from what actually matters: learning to build!

This is exactly where a good CSS framework comes to the rescue when staring at a blank canvas.

Automatic.css (ACSS) is a framework that handles all of those foundational decisions for you. It gives you a rock-solid, professionally-structured CSS foundation so that you can start building immediately—without getting bogged down in configuration and setup. Think of it like getting a head start with all the plumbing and electrical already in place, so you can focus on designing the house itself.

You may not own ACSS and that' sokay. I'm going to give you a free developer copy of Automatic.css. And in this video, I'll walk you through a quick installation so we can get all of this preliminary stuff out of the way. That way, we can focus on what actually matters for your learning experience.

Let's get you set up!

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