>This is more a failure of the tutorials than of CSS itself though. But therein lies the rub. Where do you go for authoritative information on CSS that doesn't

>This is more a failure of the tutorials than of CSS itself though. But therein lies the rub. Where do you go for authoritative information on CSS that doesn't involve digging through winding, terse technical specifications? That may be fine for developers making web browsers but becoming an 'expert' in CSS shouldn't be a requirement just to make a web page. Hell, even the experts struggle with it otherwise all web browsers would have consistent CSS rendering. A good example is centering an element in CSS. What's the right way to do it? There's a multitude of techniques with varying advantages and trade-offs. I first cut my teeth in web development in 2001 and we still don't have a simple, straight forward, codified way to accomplish this seemingly simple task. Instead we have an ever changing standard coupled with a dizzying amount of opinions on the matter and inconsistent browser support on mobile devices. We can't really blame the failure of tutorials when there's no clear authoritative reference point to work from.