December meeting
Details
Topic 1 : You don't need a CSS preprocessor anymore
Topic 2: Getting started with FlexBox
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#1 You don't need a CSS preprocessor anymore
On-site guest: Serg Hospodarets
Summary
Today native CSS variables are available in all modern browsers, mixins and nesting are coming.You will know how these and other new CSS additions work, their syntax, advantages, and current problems. Interactive demos will show use cases, and real examples of migrated sites will present that mostly everything we need in preprocessors now is available in pure CSS. You'll also learn how to make all this work today and possible migration paths.
Biography
Serg is a Lead Front-End Developer / Engineering Manager, lives in Dublin (Ireland).He loves Web and shares his knowledge in his blog
Being good in Front-End related technologies, Serg is still a big fan of moving CSS further and participates in specifications debates and discusses new features with the community.
You can find highlights of the latest Web technologies and browser additions in his twitter timeline: https://twitter.com/malyw
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#2 Getting started with FlexBox
Speaker: Adrian Sandu
Summary
Flexbox is the third major step in creating web layout, after tables and floats. Foundation 6 offers already a Flexbox-powered alternate grid and the future version 4 of Bootstrap will include the same feature.
We will have a look, together, at the way flexbox works and how to do some nice simple things with it.
December meeting