Step 1: Historical Foundation

Read Eric Meyer's "Reset Reasoning" (2007)

• What to notice: The original problem CSS resets solved
• Note: What browser inconsistencies bothered developers enough to create this?

Step 2: Modern Evolution

Read Josh Comeau's "A Modern CSS Reset"

• What to notice: What changed between 2007 and now?
• Note: Why does Josh modify or reject parts of Meyer's approach?

Step 3: Wider Landscape

Look at Jeff Starr's "Killer Collection of CSS Resets" at Perishable Press

• What to notice: The variety of approaches (aggressive resets vs. gentle normalization)
• Research task: Find 2-3 other reset/normalize approaches online

Step 4: Critical Questions (Your Notes Should Address)

• Why reset at all? (What problem does it solve?)
• Why Josh's version over Eric's? (Be specific about 2-3 differences)
• How do you actually use these? (Link tag? Import? Inline?)
• What's a CSS boilerplate? (vs. a reset)
• Why use a boilerplate? (When does it help/hurt?)
• Why is Normalize.css different from resets? (Philosophy shift)

Step 5: Deliverable

Build a mini-site (one page) that demonstrates your research:

• Your notes/thinking visible
• Answers to the critical questions
• Links to sources
• Link this from your main index.html

Submission Requirements

File Structure

Create your mini-site as a self-contained folder inside week-7/ so its styles and assets stay scoped to this project:

Link from Main Index

Add a navigation link in your index.html:

Submit the URL

Submit the link to your main index.html page, not the mini-site directly.

Example submission: https://yourusername.github.io/desn368/

I will click through to find your research page.