Re:Spectre.css – A Lightweight, Responsive and Modern CSS Fr...
by epicide on Thursday November 08, 2018 @09:52AM
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Not OP, but I'd say a willingness and proven ability to learn far outweigh any particular tools. Proving ability to learn does require past experience, of course.
I think it helps a lot more to show that you understand styling principles (reusability, selector precedence) than it does to be able to make pixel-perfect implementations based only on knowledge off the top of your head. [0]
That being said, in order to have that understanding, you probably need to have some experience with CSS or similar.
Basically, hands-on CSS experience is the means not the ends.
[0]: Perhaps all of this is what you meant by having a "firm grasp of CSS".
I think it helps a lot more to show that you understand styling principles (reusability, selector precedence) than it does to be able to make pixel-perfect implementations based only on knowledge off the top of your head. [0]
That being said, in order to have that understanding, you probably need to have some experience with CSS or similar.
Basically, hands-on CSS experience is the means not the ends.
[0]: Perhaps all of this is what you meant by having a "firm grasp of CSS".