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CSS Flexbox Introduction

Understand Flexbox from scratch: why it was created, what problems it solves, and how it makes layouts simple and predictable.

David Miller
November 29, 2025
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  Flexbox is a **modern layout system**.
  
  It was created because:
  - floats were confusing
  - centering was hard
  - responsive layouts were painful
  
  ## What flexbox does
  It controls:
  - alignment
  - spacing
  - direction
  
  ## Basic setup
  ```css
  .container {
    display: flex;
  }
  ```
  
  ## UI Visualization
  - Items align in one row
  - No float needed
  
  ## Real-world example
  - Navigation bars
  - Header layouts
  - Cards row
  
  ## Important idea
  Flexbox works on **parent-child relationship**
  
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