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Marc Amos 4.38
Description:
Attendees will learn about CSS 2.1 and CSS 3, how they can simplify front-end development, reduce the amount of code they write, and add nice visual attributes for visitors who are using a good web browser while degrading nicely for visitors who aren't. They'll also see HTML and CSS demonstrations for many of the selectors, properties, and values available in CSS 2.1 and CSS 3.
I really enjoyed the presentation. Despite his apparent nervousness, Marc did a great job of covering the topic. My only real criticism would be with the choices made in some of the demo code. Some of the samples just seemed like really unlikely uses.
For example, the sample code of the attribute selector used the id and class attributes. While this is perfectly valid, this would be a rather uncommon usage--classes and id's are already easily targeted. It would've made more sense to do something like input[type=text].
Similarly, the "nth-of-type" example seemed like a poor choice--zebra-striping a table would've been more illustrative.
All-in-all, a worthwhile presentation from a knowledgeable and able presenter. I'm glad I attended.