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# CSS in 3D: Learning to Think in Cubes Instead of Boxes

**[CSS-Tricks](https://daily.dev/sources/css_tricks)** · 10 min read · 17 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

This article is a look at how I’m currently approaching 3D CSS and goes over some tips and tricks that might help you. My path to learning CSS was a little unorthodox. I was a Java developer. It wasn’t until later that I got to tackle and find my love for the front end.

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**@macs03** · 2 upvotes

> I do not know that make 3d with css is so simple

**@mvuljevas** · 1 upvotes

> Amazing article guys!

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