HTML/CSS How to Train your Web Site

On Tuesday, May 18, 2010, from 7 pm - 9 pm, New Media Manitoba presents: How to Train your Web Site - a guide to HTML 5 and CSS 3 on the web. Over the span of 2-hours, Chris Lobay and Elbert Bakker of Handcraft Creative will share with you best practices for working with HTML 5 and CSS 3 and why they are the most important tools in any web developers arsenal.

HTML is a markup language at the very underpinning of web development and CSS is what goes over top of it to make everything look pretty (this is a bit of an understatement I know). Every time you browse a website, you rely on a developer's expertise to employ HTML & CSS in a way that not only looks good, but works.

HTML 5 is also being heralded as the saviour of video on the web because it doesn't require a plugin like Flash to work. This could positively affect millions of users that rely on desktop computers and mobile devices to be informed and entertained. CSS (short for Cascading Style Sheets) is what developers rely on to make sweeping graphical changes to a website in just a matter of moments.

For the past several months I've been watching Handcraft Creative bend and mold HTML & CSS in ways that would make a Cirque du Soleil cast blush. They've been working vigorously on the next incarnation of the New Media Manitoba website and it will be GLORIOUS. Next Tuesday at 7 pm, Chris and Elbert will share with you some of their best practices and information on:

1. The History of HTML/CSS
   Origins of HTML - Origins of CSS - The W3C - The State of HTML/CSS today (HTML 5, CSS 3)
2. HTML
   Doctype (Strict vs Transitional, HTML vs. XHTML) - Markup - Divitis - IDs, Classes - Semantics - Lists - Accessibility
3. CSS
   Overview - Cascading - External - @import - Box model - Reset - things that don't reset (ie. buttons) - Layout Basics
4. Browsers
   Relevance - Testing for Cross-Browser - DIY - Litmus - NetRenderer
5. Tools & Resources
   Choosing your text editor or IDE - Firefox Plugins - Web Developer - Page Speed - YSlow - Webkit Developer Tools - People & Sites to follow/read
6. What's Next
   RGB, RGBA, HSL, HSLA colors - Scrollbars - CSS Animations, and 3D CSS - Grid Layout Module - Video & Audio - Layout Elements - HTML 5 - CSS 3

Join us on Tuesday, May 18, as we employ some best practices of HTML & CSS and explore different ways to make them sing. We will gather at our training facilities on 1000 Waverley Street. You may park anywhere that is not reserved.

Refreshments will be provided and there will be some awesome swag available to be won for anyone that is a paid NMM member. Membership is just $30/year! Exact cash or a cheque made out to New Media Manitoba is appreciated. Looking forward to seeing you out. Kevin