CSS has long been a powerful part of the web design process, but with the emergence of CSS3 and the growth of both the spec and the number of browsers that support it, amazing options are now available to developers. We’re pleased to have Robyn Overstreet, web developer extraordinaire, come to show off all the new techniques and tricks involving HTML5 and CSS3 enhancements that are providing new possibilities for improving the user experience. You won’t want to miss this talk!

Here’s a sneak peak of some of the things that will be covered…

• Rounded Corners
  
• Border Image
  
• Color and Opacity: RGBA
  
• Gradients
  
• Box and Text Shadows
  
• Multiple Backgrounds
  
• Masks
  
• Reflection
  
• Text-Overflow
  
• Multi-Column Layout
  
• Web Fonts
  
• New Selectors
  
• Transitions
  
• Transformations
  
• Animation
  

Robyn Overstreet is a web developer and teacher who specializes in PHP. She is a Zend Certified Engineer who also works in Javascript, AJAX, and Actionscript and designs and builds custom content management systems, in addition to developing with the open-source content management systems WordPress and Drupal. Robyn teaches web development in many different contexts, from corporate trainings to community groups, to one-on-one tutoring. She holds a Master’s degree from New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, where she built interactive art pieces with everything from microcontrollers to cardboard. Robyn is a displaced New Yorker living pretty comfortably in San Francisco.

Special thanks to Kaazing for providing pizza and drinks!