CSS Magic: Making Web Design Fun Again!

Time: Wednesday 20th March 15:20-15:50
Room: Corinthian
Track: Web Tools & Complementary Technologies

Take a lively journey through the world of CSS. This presentation is all about showing how CSS has become more fun and powerful over the years.

We start with a quick look at what CSS is and how it has grown. Then, we dive into the cool new stuff CSS can do. Think of Flexbox and Grid as your new superpowers for making websites look neat and work well on all devices. We also talk about CSS Custom Properties and Subgrid, which are like secret tricks to make your web design even better.

I'll show you some real examples of how these new tools work. It's like a before-and-after picture: you'll see how things used to be done and how much easier they are now with these new CSS features.

Then, we take a quick peek into the future. What's next for web design? How is CSS keeping up? This part is like looking into a crystal ball to see what exciting things are coming up.

This presentation isn't just about learning, it's about getting excited about making pretty things with CSS. Whether you're just starting or you've been creating websites for a while, there's something here to spark your creativity and make web design a fun adventure.

Speakers

Brynn Briedis
Brynn is a front-end engineer that strives to bridge the gap between web design and development, building user experiences with positive interactivity through thoughtful interfaces. He advocates for modern best practices on the web and loves when CSS animations look just right.

His claim to fame is that he can spin up the fans on an Apple M1 Pro chip machine with CSS.