December 17, 2019

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Creating modern page layouts with CSS Grid

Creating modern page layouts with CSS Grid

CSS Grid is the brand-new spec available in the latest browsers. Jen Kramer details Grid's basic syntax, using a layout of a Mondrian painting as an example, and explores alternative Grid syntaxes as well as nested and offset grid layouts. Jen concludes by walking you through combining Flexbox and Grid to solve a web page layout problem.
Talk Title Creating modern page layouts with CSS Grid
Speakers Jen Kramer (Harvard University Extension School)
Conference O’Reilly Fluent Conference
Conf Tag The Web Platform in Practice
Location San Jose, California
Date June 12-14, 2018
URL Talk Page
Slides Talk Slides
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CSS Grid is the brand-new spec available in the latest browsers. Jen Kramer details Grid’s basic syntax, using a layout of a Mondrian painting as an example, and explores alternative Grid syntaxes as well as nested and offset grid layouts. Jen concludes by walking you through combining Flexbox and Grid to solve a web page layout problem.

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