
The web is designed to work across platforms, devices, languages, and interfaces – but how can we possibly design for that unknown and always-changing canvas?
CSS is designed to be resilient, declarative, accessible, and contextual – with progressive enhancement and graceful degradation built in. We’ll look at practical ways to leverage those aspects of the language in our everyday work. We don’t have to wait years for support in every browser before we use the new features, and we don’t have to duplicate our work for every browser we support. From layouts to variables, support queries, and duplicated properties – we can write resilient and modern CSS that works across the entire web, now and into the future.
- Use new features before they are universally supported
- Support more browsers with less work
- Use different fallback methods depending on the circumstances
- Understanding caniuse.com as a guide, rather than a gatekeeper
- Understand the radical vision that makes design on the web so unique… and weird
4 episodes
2020
CSS is Rad @ SmashingConf Live
2019
CSS is Rad @ Front Range Front End
CSS is Rad @ Smashing Conf NY
The web is designed to work across platforms, devices, languages, and interfaces – but how can we possibly design for that unknown and always-changing canvas?