Believe in the Power of CSS with Chris DeMars

You know that song by Huey Lewis and the News, The Power of Love? "First time you feel it, it might make you sad." Might be how you feel about CSS right? What about the power of CSS? CSS has received a bad name as of late, but truth of the matter is that CSS is such a powerful piece of the front-end puzzle and you should really be excited for what's already here and what's to come! Who would have thought we could create magazine-style layouts with CSS grid? What about ruleset variable scoping with custom properties(CSS variables)? And last but not least, the pain of centering content horizontally and vertically which is now possible in three lines with flexbox! Let's talk about how awesome CSS is, and how we can restore our faith in one of the best things that makes the web amazing!

About Chris:
Chris DeMars is a UI developer first, UX architect always, working out of Detroit, Michigan.
Chris loves coming up with solutions for enterprise applications, which include modular CSS architectures, performance, and advocating for Web accessibility. He serves as a co-organizer for the Ann Arbor Accessibility Group, and is also an instructor, teacher assistant, and volunteer for the Ann Arbor and Detroit chapters of Girl Develop It.
When he is not working on making the web great and inclusive, you can find him writing blog posts, hosting the Tales From The Script podcast, watching horror movies, drinking the finest of beers, or in the woods of northern Michigan.

In addition to the main presentation, we will have Andrew Spiece giving a lightning talk about TEALS (Technology Education and Literacy in Schools), and opportunities for us in the developer community to volunteer.