February 26-28, 2025
Montreal, Canada

Don't use JavaScript for that, use HTML and CSS!

If you've been building websites for a while you "know" that some things require JS and that's just the way it is. Turns out, spec writers and browser makers both are working hard to find common JS patterns and implementing them in CSS and HTML. Things like accordions, auto-suggest, smooth scrolling, dialogs are all available without JS.

In this talk I walk through common patterns and explain how they can be implemented in CSS and HTML.

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Kilian Valkhof

Polypane

Kilian is a front-end developer with over 20 years of experience that switched from building websites to building apps to build websites with. He is interested in modern web development, desktop app development and new technologies, and regularly speaks about topics like responsive websites, design systems and Electron. Kilian is a frequent open source contributor.

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