Summary
In episode 50 we talk with CSS master Tab Atkins Jr. (@tabatkins) about the history of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) & how they have evolved into what we use today. We also cover preprocessors, lesser known specs, css as a programming language, and more.
Resources


Tab Atkin’s personal site - http://www.xanthir.com/


Tab on Github - https://github.com/tabatkins


Tab at CSSConf 2014 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad1Wq0qZrMQ


History of CSS - http://www.w3.org/Style/LieBos2e/history/Overview.html


Houdini - https://github.com/w3c/css-houdini-drafts


Parse CSS - https://github.com/tabatkins/parse-css


CSS Working Group News - http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/current-work


How to read CSS specifications - http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/read


Lesser known CSS Specs



Ruby - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-ruby/


Scoping Module - http://www.w3.org/TR/css-scoping-1/


Speech Module - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-speech/


Writing Modes - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-writing-modes/


Line Grid - http://www.w3.org/TR/css-line-grid-1/


Page Fragmentation - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-break/



Do we even need CSS anymore ? - https://css-tricks.com/the-debate-around-do-we-even-need-css-anymore/


CSS1 Spec - http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS1/


Selectors Level 4 - http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors4/


Values & Units - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/


Image Values / Replaced Content - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-images/


Device Adaptation - http://www.w3.org/TR/css-device-adapt/


Web Animations - http://www.w3.org/TR/web-animations/


SASS- http://sass-lang.com\


animate.css - https://daneden.github.io/animate.css/


myth.io - http://myth.io


bikeshed - https://github.com/tabatkins/bikeshed


CSS Grid By Example - http://gridbyexample.com/


Panelists


Erik Isaksen (@eisaksen) - Chrome HTML5 Google Developer Expert


Justin Ribeiro (@justinribeiro) - Wearables & Chrome HTML5 Google Developer Expert


Nick Niemeir (@nickniemeir) - Partner at Good News Everyone