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CSS Grid IRL

The murmuring about CSS Grid in the world of frontend development has gotten quite loud indeed. If you’ve been a developer awhile, you remember when CSS finally became powerful enough to overtake the almighty table. You probably also really love the incredible tool that is Flexbox, even if you, like I do, still need to reference the same darn CSS Tricks article every time you use it. So what’s Grid’s deal? What makes it so great anyway, and when can you start using it IRL? What if you don’t want to duplicate development, building complex fallbacks for legacy browsers? How do you decide if a project is a good fit for CSS Grid, and then how do you even get started? We’ll discuss these questions, review some tools and tricks, and look at a few examples of CSS Grid in action.

Takeaways:

  • Using CSS Grid
  • Recognizing when CSS Grid is a good fit
  • Fallbacks /Supporting old browsers

Taking Code on the Road: Running a 6-figure WordPress business from an RV

I have been a freelance php/wordpress programmer for many years. The freelance world can be an exciting life of waking up unemployed every morning, having a different view every week, and finding interesting clients.

I currently run a 6-figure WordPress business with 20 team members from my RV while traveling the US. I am in a different location almost every week.

I will talk about the ups and downs of life on the road, finding clients, mixing fun, travel and code, how we get paid, and much more.

Takeaways:

  • How to take your business on the road,
  • How to work with remote contractors
  • How to survive as a freelance WordPress developer.