Your CSS Doesn’t Suit Us, We’ll Invent Our Own
summary
The talk reviews gaps in current CSS and surveys historical solutions like CSS frameworks, polyfills, preprocessors and post-processors. It explains the CSS Houdini APIs and how they let developers implement custom CSS features with JavaScript (not just polyfills) without harming performance, and gives current status and demo examples of what Houdini can control.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:38CSS problems in old days
- 8:18Bootstrap and component libraries
- 11:53CSS variables limitations
- 17:46Houdini and browser rendering
- 23:53Custom properties and transitions
- 27:54Houdini’s worklets and threads
- 33:38Future of CSS with Houdini
- 35:11Q&A
