CSS

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language that specifies how to present a document written in a markup language like HTML. As a fundamental technology of the web, it facilitates the separation of content from presentation, managing elements such as colors, fonts, and overall layout.

Prior to the advent of CSS, styling was often embedded directly within HTML, complicating website maintenance. CSS was developed to address this issue by decoupling presentation from content. The initial version, CSS1, was officially launched by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 1996.

Later versions, including CSS2, introduced additional features for positioning and styles tailored to specific media. The most significant advancement occurred with CSS3, which was divided into modules. This modular design enabled quicker development of new functionalities like Flexbox, Grid, and intricate animations.

CSS equips web designers and developers with a robust set of tools to dictate the visual style of websites. Its primary advantage is the separation of a document's structure from its visual representation, promoting more adaptable, maintainable, and accessible web design.

Although both CSS and SCSS are utilized for styling web pages, they have distinct differences in syntax and workflow.