Cascading Styles
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Talk post typeBeyond CSS Variables
Pushing past global design tokens
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An Event Apart Spring Summit
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2020
When Variables Cascade
An exploration of CSS custom properties
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SmashingConf Austin/NY
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Link post typeUsing Custom Property “Stacks” to Tame the Cascade
Since the inception of CSS in 1994, the cascade and inheritance have defined how we design on the web. Both are powerful features, but as authors we’ve had very little control over how they interact. Selector specificity and source order provide some minimal “layering” control, without a lot of nuance…
2019
Link post typeCSS Custom Properties In The Cascade
a deep-dive into what’s possible
Pushing past the “variable” metaphor, CSS Custom Properties can provide new ways to balance context and isolation in our patterns and components.
Article post typeSmashing CSS Follow-Up Q&A
Questions about Dynamic CSS
I had the pleasure of presenting both a talk and workshop at Smashing Conf in San Francisco this year. During the talk, people left questions in a collaborative doc, so I’m here to provide the answers!
Talk post typeAdvanced CSS for Modern Applications
with practical use-cases, tooling, and pitfalls
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Generate New York
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2017
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Link post typeMore CSS Charts, with Grid & Custom Properties
Inspired by Robin Rendle, I demonstrate some of my early experiments combining CSS Grids and custom properties to create dynamic layouts and data-visualizations.