A very !important lesson

JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web Development

Estelle Weyl has been building the web since 1999 and documenting it since 2007. Today she joins Amal for a loooong and deeeep conversation about new and !important features of CSS & HTML. Sit down, strap in, and prepare to be schooled!

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Featuring:

• Estelle Weyl – Twitter, GitHub
• Amal Hussein – Twitter, GitHub

Show Notes:

• web platform tests
• test262 report
• Estelle’s CSS slides
• Google’s web.dev site
• Open Web Docs
• MDN: Cascade
• MDN: Cascade Layers
• MDN: Specificity
• MDN: important
• Merry-Go-Round
• Specificity with Fish

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!