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Heard about CSS grid but yet to play around with it? Or still a little unsure exactly what it is? Then hopefully this post may be of use to you.

There are many great ‘CSS Grid layout’ resources out there from articles, blogs, interactive games, GUIs and videos. Below I have listed just a handful of resources which I’ve found useful.

If you find this post useful then let me know in the comments below and I’ll continue to add resources to this list.

1. CSS Grid Garden

CSS Grid Garden by Thomas H. Park

You may have used or seen ‘Flex Frog’, which is an interactive way to learn about CSS Flexbox. CSS Grid Garden is brought to you by the same creator ‘Thomas H. Park’ and again is a fantastic way to get started with CSS Grid.

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2. CSS Grid template builder

CSS Grid template builder is a great GUI that can easily build both simple and complex grid templates. Created by Anthony Dugois over at his codepen page (or see the embed below).

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3. CSS Griddy

CSS Griddy created by Drew Minns

Another great interactive tool which allows you to build a CSS grid within your browser. Created by Drew Minns

Griddy – CSS Grid System Education Tool

4. Grid by example

Other Grid Resources

A collection of usage examples for the CSS Grid Layout specification created by Rachel Andrew. Rachel has been very active on providing resources and updates on CSS grid, via her blog, conferences and her twitter account. So if you don’t follow Rachel I definitely recommend to, to keep up with not only CSS grid but other useful CSS information. I’d also recommend Rachel’s ‘Learning CSS Grid layout’ article.

Other must-reads

Before you let your CSS grid code loose on the internet it’s strongly recommended to read the CSS Grid layout specification.

CSS Tricks ‘Complete guide to grid’
‘Learn CSS grid’ by Jen Simmons

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