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Look at all of the people that showed up for little old me: Sweet. Here are the slides. I’ll have some video soon (either of this one or of the upcoming version I’m giving at Design Camp Boston.) Thanks to the folks from Boston PHP for the opportunity and to the guys over Bocoup for […]
We continue with our examination of CSS with some real basics- formatting, writing rules, organization and the like. Nothing groundbreaking, but the basics are important in any endeavor, so here they are. Formatting During development I format my CSS with selectors on one line and then each property on its own line. The declarations are […]
I’m going to be presenting my Intro to CSS talk at Design Camp Boston on November 6, 2010. It’s at NERD. If you can’t make my Boston PHP Meetup version of the presentation, here’s your chance. Failing that, make sure to say hi if you’re there, because I’ll be around all day taking in the […]
One of the most important things in CSS is understanding the way rules are inherited and applied in the browser. This is one of those things that many developers “get” intuitively but don’t necessarily understand at a granular level. There’s actually an algorithm, so if you’re stumped, you can actually count it out. It works […]
After a long break, I’m finally back with the long-awaited CSS portion of this little series. In this article I’ll go over some core concepts. Next post I’ll outline one poorly understood, but vital part of CSS. More posts full (yes, full) of tips, tricks and best practices will follow. Core concepts CSS is a […]