The expanding boundaries of CSS
summary
Claims that CSS is expanding from a simple declarative styling language into a richer platform, citing property counts (CSS1 53, CSS2 122, CSS3 ~316) and community data (63% told they’re not a developer, 71% feel like one, 29% buy into “not programming”). Shows tooling and outcomes: Sass adds macros and scopes and proves native extensibility works, while the Extensible Web Manifesto and Houdini (with CSS custom properties and custom paints) move engine hooks into JavaScript — powerful but shifting who must program and how compensation and roles play out.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Start
- 0:41THUS SPAKE THE CO-CREATOR OF CSS BERT BOS
- 1:20THE CSS DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
- 1:37CSS alternative syntax was considered to be unsuitable for non-programmers - HAEON WIUM LHE PH.D. THESIS ON CSS
- 4:28TURING MACHINE
- 6:54A programming language would have been a more powerful solution, but it comes at a cost, programs are difficult to read and expensive to maintain
- 11:10But these boundaries affect how others view us
- 11:32Often more than they affect how we view ourselves
- 13:45SASS PROVIDED THE THINGS CSS WOULDN'T.
- 15:07HOUDINI IS THE CSS RESPONSE TO THE EXTENSIBLE WEB MANIFESTO
- 15:43CSS CUSTOM PROPERTIES (V2)
- 15:54CSS CUSTOM PAINT
