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Harry Roberts — The Tools of a CSS Front-end Architect


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Harry Roberts is an award-winning Consultant Front-end Architect, writer, and speaker from the UK. Roberts is often asked for his advice by web teams to help make their CSS better organized and more efficient.


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  • Jump to a conversation on…
    • 3:40 Becoming a Google Developer Expert
    • 5:30 What type of work do you normally do?
    • 6:40 What does it mean to thrash things off?
    • 7:40 When does someone hire an outside consultant?
    • 8:30 Are you doing a lot of coding on projects?
    • 11:11 What type of issues are clients calling you about?
    • 14:10 What tips do you have to scale engineers to be able to understand CSS?
    • 16:34 Only tell people what they want to hear.
    • 18:10 What tools do you use?
    • 21:40 Any tips on becoming a master of Chrome Dev Tools?
    • 24:10 Can you have Canary and regular Chrome on one computer?
    • 25:10 What does it mean to have CSS in Javascript?
    • 31:15 What are web components and how can people benefit from them?
    • 38:15 Your views on Sass vs Post-CSS?
    • 39:35 Do most companies have responsive websites now?
    • 42:45 Any advice for people who want to market themselves?
    • 44:45 If you don’t have a blog, people cannot read your work at all.
    • Links:
      • Christopher Schmitt
      • Christopher Schmitt on Twitter
      • 📺 Harry Roberts — The Tools of a CSS Front-end Architect
      • CSSWizarddry.com
      • Harry Roberts on Twitter
      • Google Developer Experts
      • Chrome Dev Tools
      • WebPageTest.org
      • CharlesProxy.com
      • SpeedCurve.com
      • Improving Your CSS With Parker
      • CSS Stats
      • ack!
      • ack for CSS Developers
      • Ctags
      • Canary
      • Umaar.com Dev Tips
      • CSS Grid Layout
      • Using CSS Variables
      • Web Components
      • Polymer Project
      • All Initial CSS
      • Vote to support CSS property ‘all’ in MS Edge
      • CanIUse
      • Sass
      • Post CSS
      • CSS Dev Conf 2017
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