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    When is refactoring necessary?

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    Why some colors in our code, like "lightblue", appear with a underline background?

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    linking CSS

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    DRY and WP (and others)

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  • Boris Vukobrat
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    Overriding user agent styles

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  • Mike Trippler
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    How would I know which shape I am dealing with in CSS if class selectors are non descriptive?

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  • Allison Walker
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    DRY?

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  • Stephen Calderon
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    Why is my page showing up blank? Is there something wrong with my code?

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  • Will Morton
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    Difficulty importing HTML Files and StyleSheets to Notepad++

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  • Christoph Wolf
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    i think the shapes should have their own attributes

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  • Berenice Ashikian
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    class selectors

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    css file cannot link

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    jesus christ

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  • Bob Sutherton
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    Multiple classes?

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  • Berk Türkkan
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    Writing in the shapes

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