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Understanding the background were images was difficult to understand. Eventually found 'background-image' with all its properties was the intended solution.

Are there any other handy ways to display images in the background / their properties to look into?

Working with React can be confusing, What are some basic / intermediate concepts to grasp of React to better get a handle on it?

Specific React Question: When working on this project, I had placed all information into an array and had the information pulled from the array and .map(ed) to the component. This worked well until I wanted to do this for the icons as well. Is there a good way to get image URLs from a props into an image?

This was my first project with React.js, could you give any pointers on the best React practices or point me in the direction of helpful React documentation?

For those that use React.js: Do you find that using React.js is quicker to build sites once you are more comfortable with the framework?

When using units to determine length and width of items, what units do you default to?

• I have been using percentages for some, REM, EM, and Pixels.

Are there downsides / benefits for using some units over others?

Should you stick to one unit the entire time while building a project?

When overlapping objects (like images in this case), what Is the best way to go about this? I attempted to have a 'position: absolute' and finagle it that way, but it looked messy and would be difficult to scale later on.

When building websites, would you recommend building them mobile first, or desktop first?

Follow up question: Is there any particular reason to build them mobile / desktop first, then adapt the code for the other sizes?

I started using the BEM naming conventions (but I have also used camel case)which helped me keep items organized, would you recommend another naming convention style?

Follow up to previous question: Would you mix and match naming conventions such as using both BEM and camel case within the same project?

I'm looking to improve my Bootstrap & CSS skills, what would be some key topics to work on?

What are the benefits of working with frameworks vs. Bootstrap?