E27 | A Conversation about CSS | Mark Ryba

In this episode, I chat all about CSS with my guest Mark Ryba, a senior developer at SmartBug Media who has over 6 years of front end development experience in the marketing space. In his current role he develops middleware microservices, websites and web applications.  He’s also very passionate about using advanced CSS techniques to create great user experiences.

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Questions Asked

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• Tell us about your background.
  
• Define CSS.
  
• Why is it called CSS?
  
• What's the difference between inline, in file and external CSS?
  
• What is the industry best practice when embedding versus external CSS?
  
• Can CSS be used for Mobile and iOT devices as well as web?
  
• Can CSS be used for animation?
  
• What's the difference between plain CSS and a CSS framework?
  
• Why do CSS Frameworks exist?
  
• What is a grid system in CSS?
  
• How does responsive design relate to CSS?
  
• What's the float layout?
  
• Tell us about Flexbox?
  
• Tell us about the Foundation CSS framework?
  
• Tell us about Tailwind.
  
• Which browser supports which framework?
  
• What is prefixing in CSS?
  
• What happens to CSS that is not supported by a specific browser in that browser?
  
• How do you debug CSS?
  
• How do you keep up with the latest in CSS?
  
• What do you love the most about CSS?
  
• What do you find most challenging with CSS?
  
• What would you like to see in CSS 4?
  

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Reference Links

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• SmartBug Media (https://www.smartbugmedia.com/)
  
• Mark’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/markryba2nd)
  
• HubSpot (https://www.hubspot.com/)
  
• CodePen (https://codepen.io/)
  
• CSS-Tricks (https://css-tricks.com/)
  
• Bootstrap (https://getbootstrap.com/)
  
• CanI Use (https://caniuse.com/)
  
• BrowserStack (https://www.browserstack.com/)