In episode 50 we talk with CSS master Tab Atkins Jr. (@tabatkins) about the history of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) & how they have evolved into what we use today. We also cover preprocessors, lesser known specs, css as a programming language, and more.
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Tab Atkin’s personal site - http://www.xanthir.com/
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Tab on Github - https://github.com/tabatkins
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Tab at CSSConf 2014 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad1Wq0qZrMQ
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History of CSS - http://www.w3.org/Style/LieBos2e/history/Overview.html
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Parse CSS - https://github.com/tabatkins/parse-css
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CSS Working Group News - http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/current-work
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How to read CSS specifications - http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/read
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Lesser known CSS Specs
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Scoping Module - http://www.w3.org/TR/css-scoping-1/
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Speech Module - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-speech/
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Writing Modes - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-writing-modes/
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Line Grid - http://www.w3.org/TR/css-line-grid-1/
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Page Fragmentation - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-break/
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Do we even need CSS anymore ? - https://css-tricks.com/the-debate-around-do-we-even-need-css-anymore/
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CSS1 Spec - http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS1/
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Selectors Level 4 - http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors4/
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Values & Units - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/
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Image Values / Replaced Content - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-images/
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Device Adaptation - http://www.w3.org/TR/css-device-adapt/
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Web Animations - http://www.w3.org/TR/web-animations/
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SASS- http://sass-lang.com\
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animate.css - https://daneden.github.io/animate.css/
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myth.io - http://myth.io
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bikeshed - https://github.com/tabatkins/bikeshed
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CSS Grid By Example - http://gridbyexample.com/
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Erik Isaksen (@eisaksen) - Chrome HTML5 Google Developer Expert
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Justin Ribeiro (@justinribeiro) - Wearables & Chrome HTML5 Google Developer Expert
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Nick Niemeir (@nickniemeir) - Partner at Good News Everyone