It is. But it's vastly more powerful. Styling in HTML was never going to be extensible. And that's the mind set you need to take in. I too learnt HTML before CSS was implemented in browsers and initially felt resentful that I had to learn this whole new, far more complex language to achieve what was, to begin with, pretty much the same stuff. But I had to dive in anyway, and the more you use it, the more you come to understand and respect it. It is awesome, and the things one can achieve with it go far beyond what could have been done if styling was limited to HTML attributes.
It is. But it's vastly more powerful. Styling in HTML was never going to be extensible. And that's the mind set you need to take in. I too learnt HTML before CSS was implemented in browsers and initially felt resentful that I had to learn this whole new, far more complex language to achieve what was, to begin with, pretty much the same stuff. But I had to dive in anyway, and the more you use it, the more you come to understand and respect it. It is awesome, and the things one can achieve with it go far beyond what could have been done if styling was limited to HTML attributes.
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