Take full advantage of the universal web
and reduce maintenance over the long term
with resilient HTML, CSS, and JS systems.
Workshop attendees gain a deep understanding of CSS,
learn the best context for each layout system,
look at workflow and tooling to improve team process,
and much more.
The web platform is designed
to be universally accessible and resilient
across a range of devices and interfaces.
That presents a unique set of challenges
and opportunities for web applications.
We offer 1-3 day workshops at conferences
to help you take full advantage of the web,
improve team process,
and reduce maintenance over the long term.
Prices are negotiable,
depending on the size and location
of the conference.
Contact us to book
or catch us at the next event listed below.
Miriam is a fantastic speaker,
with wonderful teaching skills,
and highly praised by attendees
of the conference and the workshop alike.
It’s possible to write CSS for years
without fully understanding
the core features of the language:
from the cascade & inheritance,
to the declarative & contextual
programming paradigm.
Resilient Code
Browser support & device compatibility
don’t have to be difficult and expensive.
We’ll cover a number of techniques
for building more resilient and universal
front end code,
while taking advantage of new browser features
as they become available.
Modern Layout
We’ll cover the web layout system as a whole –
grids, flow, flexbox, alignment,
intrinsic sizing, and queries –
showing when and how to mix and match techniques
for fast and dynamic layouts.
Organizing Conventions
From OOCSS to ITCSS, SMACSS, BEM, and atomic design,
there are a number of naming and organizing
conventions that can help us write
modular & maintainable CSS.
We’ll look at what these systems have in common,
and how to adapt those principles for the needs
of your team or project.
Design Systems
Reusable design & component systems
can improve consistency,
code-quality,
and team communication.
You don’t need a dedicated team and budget
to get started.
We’ll talk about planning and designing systems
in an agile and integrated environment.
Documentation
Documentation is central to maintainable code,
but how do we make sure the documentation
itself is maintained and up-to-date?
We’ll look at workflow and tooling
for automated and integrated style guides
and documentation.
Tooling & Testing
The tools we use help define our workflow,
and the long-term reliability of our code.
Tools & tests should help encourage best-practice
without locking us into antiquated systems.
We’ll talk about designing
the right tooling and testing workflow
for your team or project.
Team Process
Struggling with messy handoff
or communication between designers & developers?
We can help you find the
practical workflows that keep your
process running smoothly.
Using JS Frameworks
With the proliferation of modern JavaScript frameworks,
we need to rethink exactly how the
core web languages relate and work together.
With some thoughtful integration
we can take advantage of all the new power
in tools like React and Vue
without losing sight of what HTML&CSS provide.
Sass Modules & Pre-Processing
Sass has become one of the fundamental tools
for writing clear & maintainable CSS,
and is growing quickly
with a new modular syntax,
more powerful math,
and new features landing regularly.
We’ll help you get the most out of
everything Sass has to offer.
