Stephanie Eckles - Weird Things You Missed About CSS

+++ Weird Things You Missed About CSS +++ by Stephanie Eckles +++

CSS is expanding into an immensely powerful language. While modern features are fun to demo, the “weirdness” is what frustrates developers and generates memes. We’ll dive in and make sense of the quirks so that you can spend less time troubleshooting and more time building.

To start, we’ll learn how CSS composites DOM element styles together. Terms such as “stacking context” will finally make sense, and at long last, you’ll choose the right type of positioning on the first try. Then, we’ll zoom in on some fundamental properties and curious behaviors you probably should be taking advantage of when creating complex layouts and components.

By gaining an understanding of the peculiarities of CSS, you’ll gain efficiency in developing and possibly even find that CSS can spark joy!

+++ Stephanie Eckles +++
Stephanie is the author of [ModernCSS.dev](https://moderncss.dev/) which provides modern solutions to old CSS problems as in-depth tutorials. She is also the creator of Style Stage, and author of SmolCSS and 11ty.Rocks. She enjoys sharing her experience as an author, egghead instructor, co-host of the Word Wrap podcast, Twitch streamer, podcast guest, and conference speaker. She is an advocate for accessibility, scalable CSS, and the Jamstack (especially Eleventy).

+++ Zoom Info +++
Meeting ID: 899 1448 6222
Passcode: 112929
When: October 30th, 2023, 5 PM CET / GMT+1
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