Glossary term
What is CSS selector?
In Apex Flow Academy, "CSS selector" means: A short pattern that names the page tags you want, such as p.price for a paragraph with the class price. It is taught in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work. Related terms include HTML, API, Environment variable and JSON. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is CSS selector?
A short pattern that names the page tags you want, such as p.price for a paragraph with the class price.
Where is CSS selector taught?
CSS selector is defined in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work.
Which lessons cover CSS selector?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work, lesson 5.3: Pull One Fact Out of an HTML Page
Which terms are related to CSS selector?
Next to CSS selector in the course glossaries: HTML, API, Environment variable, JSON, SMTP, Status code, .eml file and Timeout.
HTMLAPIEnvironment variableJSONSMTPStatus code.eml fileTimeout
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn CSS selector?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work: Basic Python: variables, if statements, for loops, lists, dictionaries, f-strings and small functions. Lesson 3 of module 1 has a five-minute check.