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Peter Huang
5,427 Pointsif grid can do both left / right / top bottom, why even use flex with only 1 row or column?
if grid can do both left / right / top bottom, why even use flex with only 1 row or column?
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Steven Parker
230,867 PointsAs a developer, it's your choice. If you prefer to use grid, why not? But it's good to understand both because the flex syntax can be more compact when you don't need to do things only available in grid.