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Modern CSS

May 23, 2017 by

It’s no joke that things in the web move fast. A few years ago, staying on the forefront of CSS was knowing the vendor prefixes for the latest CSS3 implementations and poking around at Sass or LESS. Now, in addition to the preprocessors, we have postprocessors, build systems and CSS components—not to mention the latest and future CSS features! In this workshop, we’ll help get you up to speed on these various approaches to writing CSS, their advantages and how you can start using them. Whether you’re a regular CSS practitioner ready to level up or a backend dev expanding your skill set, we’ll cover all you need to organize, manage and write modern CSS.

Modern CSS promise

We’ll cover many of the new tools, practices, and techniques prevalent in CSS today.

  • Naming conventions (BEM, SMACSS, etc.)
  • CSS processors (Sass, PostCSS, Autoprefixer, etc.)
  • Build tools
  • Mixins and functions and plugins
  • New CSS features and how to use them (plus previews of CSS4 features)
  • Tips and tricks to common CSS problems

What to bring

  • A practical knowledge of CSS—we’ll be diving into some advanced areas in this workshop.
  • A CodePen.io account (they’re free!)—we’ll be putting several concepts in practice, utilizing CodePen in some cases.
  • Optionally, we have examples of more advanced tools—in which case, it would be helpful to have Node.JS installed beforehand.
  • And a computer, of course!

Speakers

Academy Details

October 20-21, 2018
  • Sacramento Convention Center
  • Immediately before the HighEdWeb Annual Conference

Registration

Total cost: $400

Includes three meals. Space limited.

Registration opens in April.

Why attend?

The Technical Academy is for the web programmer, regardless of platform or language preference. Graduates will have a better understanding of the full development stack and how programming decisions can build a better, stronger site.

Who should attend?

Whether you are new to the field or just wanting to brush up on your skills, the technical academy is an in-depth look at challenges and solutions faced by higher education web programmers.

  • An army of one
  • The lone programmer in a sea of creatives
  • A programmer new to higher education
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    Organizers

    Program chairs
    • Dave Olsen, West Virginia University
    • Erik Runyon, University of Notre Dame
    Academy chairs
    • Sara Clark, Missouri State University
    • Cheryl McKay, Missouri S&T

    academies@highedweb.org

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