Talk.CSS #42

August 2019 is a miracle month in Singapore because for the first time in donkey years, there is a 4-day weekend. Celebrate with some CSS. We will be happening at Hackerspace. You know the drill, but if you don't, come anyway.

Latest CSS news by Talk.CSS
Our no-longer-new regular segment which will cover latest updates in the realm of CSS and HTML.

CSS Matrix by Murray Bourne
Whenever we transform anything (translate, rotate, skew, etc) in the DOM or in SVG, the browser calculates and performs it using matrix operations (multiply and add). This talk will give an overview of how they work.

CSS Houdini: The Magic of Properties, Values, and the Paint API by Aysha Anggraini
The word 'polyfill' comes up often when we speak about Houdini. But polyfilling CSS is not the only potential of Houdini since it unlocks many interesting possibilities. Let's explore them by looking at Houdini's properties, values, and Paint API.

Sometimes you gotta abuse Grid by Sheldon Cheng
Sheldon ran into tricky layout problem at work and after exhausting other options, turned to an unlikely hero to save the day.

The CSS doctor is in (our segment that never gets utilised)
Layouts looking a bit broken? CSS issues getting you down? We're here to help. Tell us your CSS problem and get a crowd-sourced solution from all the CSS enthusiasts in Singapore right here.

Lightning talks welcome, just poke Hui Jing or Wei when you get there. We welcome any CSS-related topics at ANY level because we’re all here to learn and share :)