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Benjamin Johnson
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May 29, 2018 ⋅ 5 min read

How CSS works: Understanding the cascade

Benjamin Johnson Software engineer. Learning every day, one mistake at a time. You can find me online at benjaminjohnson.me.

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2 Replies to "How CSS works: Understanding the cascade"

  1. Great article! For so many years I have also, always assumed that the term ‘cascade’ was referring to, what is in fact – inheritance! And I’d bet 90% of devs also make the same mistake.
    Perhaps the choice of that particular word to describe the process of conflict resolution could have been better.

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