March 7-9, 2018
Montreal, Canada

The Big C in CSS

Although CSS has been part of the web for over 20 years, one of the least understood parts is the cascade and inheritance. Today, we see many developers actively fighting the cascade, class-itis permeating HTML, and site builders adding !important all over their stylesheets. Learn what the cascade is, how it works, and why it makes sense, and you'll be ready to implement cleaner, DRYer stylesheets.After all, without the cascade, CSS is just SS.

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Jen Kramer

Harvard University Extension School

Jen Kramer has been teaching & practicing web design for over 20 years. Most recently, she is a Lecturer at Harvard University Extension School in the Master's of Liberal Arts in Digital Media Design program, where she teaches five courses per year on front-end web development. She's also a prolific video author, creating over 40 training courses for LinkedIn Learning/Lynda.com, Frontend Masters, O'Reilly Media, and others. She earned her MS in Internet Strategy Management from Marlboro College.

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