Summary In episode 50 we talk with CSS master Tab Atkins Jr. (@tabatkins) about the history of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) & how they have evolved into what we use today. We also cover preprocessors, lesser known specs, css as a programming language, and more.

Resources * Tab Atkin’s personal site - http://www.xanthir.com/ * Tab on Github - https://github.com/tabatkins * Tab at CSSConf 2014 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad1Wq0qZrMQ * History of CSS - http://www.w3.org/Style/LieBos2e/history/Overview.html * Houdini - https://github.com/w3c/css-houdini-drafts * Parse CSS - https://github.com/tabatkins/parse-css * CSS Working Group News - http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/current-work * How to read CSS specifications - http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/read * Lesser known CSS Specs + Ruby - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-ruby/ + Scoping Module - http://www.w3.org/TR/css-scoping-1/ + Speech Module - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-speech/ + Writing Modes - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-writing-modes/ + Line Grid - http://www.w3.org/TR/css-line-grid-1/ + Page Fragmentation - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-break/

• Do we even need CSS anymore ? - https://css-tricks.com/the-debate-around-do-we-even-need-css-anymore/
• CSS1 Spec - http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS1/
• Selectors Level 4 - http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors4/
• Values & Units - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/
• Image Values / Replaced Content - http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-images/
• Device Adaptation - http://www.w3.org/TR/css-device-adapt/
• Web Animations - http://www.w3.org/TR/web-animations/
• SASS- http://sass-lang.com\
• animate.css - https://daneden.github.io/animate.css/
• myth.io - http://myth.io
• bikeshed - https://github.com/tabatkins/bikeshed
• CSS Grid By Example - http://gridbyexample.com/

Panelists * Erik Isaksen (@eisaksen) - Chrome HTML5 Google Developer Expert * Justin Ribeiro (@justinribeiro) - Wearables & Chrome HTML5 Google Developer Expert * Nick Niemeir (@nickniemeir) - Partner at Good News Everyone