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Web Directions Code ’20 session spotlight–The Art of CSS

The Art of CSS

Voon Siong Wong, Technical Lead DiUS

CSS syntax, like the box-model, flex, and grid is relatively easy to learn, or at least lookup. But CSS semantics, like when to apply the cascade, inheritance, or custom properties is an art form. And to master this art form, we first need to understand them.

About Voon Siong Wong

Voon is a full-full-stack [sic] developer. He’s designed Error Correcting Codes for satellite communications, programmed embedded hardware, wrangled databases, engineered backends, and sculpted frontends. These days though, he specializes in the latter. He’s a ballroom dancer. He’s a climate activist. He’s vegan.

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