The CSS Podcast
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is the web’s core styling language. For web developers, It’s one of the quickest technologies to get started with, but one of the hardest to master. Follow Una Kravets and Adam Argyle, Developer Advocates from Google, who gleefully breakdown complex aspects of CSS into digestible episodes covering everything from accessibility to z-index.
Latest episodes
Jul 20, 2021 • 33min
51: Styling SVG in CSS
CSS and SVG are very intertwined, and you can create a lot of unique effects by combining the two. This episode dives into a few CSS + SVG tips and tricks, including where and how to use SVG on your page, icon systems, color theming, adding animations, filter effects, and more! Links Solved with CSS: Colorizing SVG → https://goo.gle/3x0Uilb SVGOMG → https://goo.gle/3hS6ksJ SVG spec → https://goo.gle/3wVgRYe Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨 Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬 Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘 The CSS Podcast #CSSpodcast
Jul 13, 2021 • 12min
50: inherit, initial, unset, and revert
This episode is about the very available CSS values inherit, initial, unset and revert. We'll help explain what they are, what they do and when to use them. Links CSS Tricks Article → https://goo.gle/2U5PxJw Quirksmode Article → https://goo.gle/2TY80rz Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨 Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬 Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘 The CSS Podcast #CSSpodcast
Jul 6, 2021 • 32min
49: Accessibility
Today we are breaking down accessibility related styling choices to ensure a better user experience for all of your users. These include focus visibility, keyboard navigation, and more! Links #lintHTMLwithCSS - https://goo.gle/3dSMIlU CSS Speech Level 1 - https://goo.gle/3xrg3vc Media Queries Level 5 - https://goo.gle/3qUcBXz Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨 Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬 Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘 The CSS Podcast #CSSpodcast
Jun 29, 2021 • 26min
48: Touch interaction
Today we touch on touch interaction. Covering CSS's ability to change a user's touch experience with properties like touch-action, scroll-behavior, user-select and more. Links MDN - https://goo.gle/3y8My14 Spec - https://goo.gle/3dm4opF Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨 Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬 Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘 The CSS Podcast #CSSpodcast
Jun 22, 2021 • 33min
47: :is(), :where(), & nesting
In this episode, Adam and Una explore some CSS syntactic sugar! They discuss the :is and :where functions, how they differ, and how they’re paving the way for nesting. Links Adam's post on web.dev → https://goo.gle/3qhYifl MDN :is() → https://goo.gle/3qgU0Vf Forgiving selector parsing → https://goo.gle/3xLTYHL Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨 Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬 Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘 The CSS Podcast #CSSpodcast
Jun 15, 2021 • 27min
46: Custom properties
Custom properties, aka CSS variables, are runtime dynamic variables which allow you to store loose or typed values. They're free, super fast, improve code legibility, unlock powers, are reachable with JavaScript, animateable, overall super fun and, well, kind of complex. Links Module Level 1 → https://goo.gle/3wtADL1 82% of developers get this 3 line CSS quiz wrong → https://goo.gle/2U8oTPR A user’s guide to CSS variables → https://goo.gle/3zlmscV Locally Scoped CSS Variables: What, How, and Why → https://goo.gle/2KGESwR GitHub → https://goo.gle/3iOiVOa Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨 Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬 Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘 The CSS Podcast #CSSpodcast
Jun 8, 2021 • 22min
45: Scroll timeline
In this episode we deep dive the experimental Scroll Animations spec to bring you the breakdown on @scroll-timeline powered CSS animation. Learn about scroll-linked animations vs scroll-triggered animations and how to orchestrate scroll interactions with elements of the page. Links Scroll animations level 1 draft →https://goo.gle/3pvWX49 Polyfill → https://goo.gle/3x8CQvw GUI Challenges - Tabs → https://goo.gle/34YYl5J Bramus's talk → https://goo.gle/2TPs7HU Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨 Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬 Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘 The CSS Podcast #CSSpodcast
Jun 1, 2021 • 26min
44: Transitions
In this episode it's all about transitions. What you can and can't transition, it's limits, and it's super powers. We'll finish up with ways to trigger transitions and a few tips and tricks. Links CSS Transitions https://goo.gle/3vIDi31 Cont. https://goo.gle/3pcpueY Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨 Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬 Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘 The CSS Podcast #CSSpodcast
May 26, 2021 • 15min
43: Containment
The CSS contain property can give you some serious performance gains by adjusting how and when the browser renders elements. In this episode, we go over all the different types of containment, and where you might use them. Links MDN doc on containment → https://goo.gle/3fRejEd Content-visibility → https://goo.gle/3wBMB52 Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨 Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬 Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘 The CSS Podcast #CSSpodcast
May 11, 2021 • 17min
42: Snap points
In this episode we're guiding scroll areas into their peaceful resting places, maintaining alignment, keeping visual harmony, and improving the overall experience with the content. Links Scroll Snap Level 1 draft → https://goo.gle/2R9hUow overscroll-behavior → https://goo.gle/3o7vLYE scroll-behavior → https://goo.gle/3uKvkWU Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨 Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬 Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘 The CSS Podcast #CSSpodcast
