CSS Grid Changes EVERYTHING - Amazing Presentation

CSS Grid is now live in all major browsers, and with it everything we know about web layouts changes! The CSS Grid Layout Module introduces a native CSS grid system, provided at the viewport level, that achieves what CSS frameworks and popular grid systems could only dream about: Responsive, flexible, pure CSS grid layouts, independent of document source order, that allow us to treat the browser as a true design and layout surface.
EVENT: WordCamp Europe, Paris, France, June 2017
SPEAKER: Morten Rand-Hendriksen, / mortenrandhendriksen
SLIDES: www.slideshare.net/mor10/css-...
PERMISSION: The original content of this video is under the Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed).
ORIGINAL SOURCE: • Morten Rand-Hendriksen...
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[@Melvin420x12]

"Everything just works" that's something I've never heard before..

[@Holobrine]

I'm watching this half asleep in bed and it makes perfect sense to me

[@IgnoreSolutions]

Holobrine i’m high as fuck and it makes sense to me

[@PaulSebastianM]

Idk, it kind of woke me up.

[@infoharvester]

Me too

[@shaunbeh8293]

wow I was still half asleep and your comment shock me wide awake

[@sergiosierra2422]

Me too

[@Danjovisagat]

probably the best youtube recommendation of 2017.

[@bigbets5915]

Agree!

[@Paretozen]

Sometimes you gotta be lucky.

[@JorgeAlbertoBenavidesOjinaga]

i've come from the future, no.

[@vladlanov]

2018 also, just inspired out my melancholy about current pedjudees in web design)))

[@wanyinwu5586]

Danjovi .sagat totally agree！

[@silentshadow867]

I am glad there are people like Morten who stop and ask, "Wait, even though this is the way we do things, does it really make sense?" I am a novice web developer who just created a page using bootstrap, but when I did a nested table I questioned if I was doing it right because the markup looked so sloppy. This is how I feel css should work. That markup makes so much more sense.

[@logicalfundy]

So we've gone from tables, to DIVs, to grids. Almost full circle - except with grids we can now make them responsive in the CSS :). Time to rewrite my website again.

[@martianunlimited]

You forgot frames :) Tables has always been a hack-y solution to arrange our elements in a grid... Tables should only be used to present tabular data. not to layout our elements in our webpage

[@undercrackers56]

Don't worry. When the next batch of graduates emerge from College/University they will "invent" everything new again and the circle will start again. Heaven forbid that each generation should maintain the standards that have been developed over the past decades.

[@martianunlimited]

@@acajoom all i can say is ...don't assume boy... I was old enough to remember BBS... heck.. i was old enough to have used BBS ... we come from an era of information over presentation... (simply because our browsers weren't standardized, and it rendered the tags the hell they wanted)

[@Meverynoob]

Such a great speaker he commanded the audience to give him a standing ovation

[@gateCodeKC]

As someone who is just 2 weeks-in learning to code, this was what confused me. The tutorials teach you semantics but never see them in like i think 99% on websites you inspect. All you see is div div div lol. Thanks for a thoughtful presentation!

[@erosnolasco4553]

It’s day four of coding bootcamp and this man just saved my life. I see clearly now

[@jwvw23]

I'm 7 minutes in and really believe that I understand everything better now, than after reading all the HTML/CSS books /articles/bootstrap/tutorials/(yet another) framework stuff for a few months. Thank you Morten! You are a true educator :-)

[@4.0.4]

It annoys me that he's talking about what's on the slide and the camera focuses on him instead.

[@Zealotux]

The slides are available in the video's description: www.slideshare.net/mor10/css-grid-changes-everything-about-web-layouts-wordcamp-europe-2017

[@neithanm]

Not that it's easy to present something, but when verbal content == written content, it's going to be painful.

[@joelalain]

yea video and "plain old logic" are still nacent technologies. We must get used to them before using them in ways that make ANY sense.... sigh

[@viniciusdemorais7327]

In this presentation I could see my entire relationship with CSS in 32 min and I never have laughed too much. This crowd is tough!

[@Nik.ff.]

2 years later I don't see much grid being used. Been learning css, hopefully I remember to give grid a try one day.

[@ZyronZA]

It takes a long time to overturn decades of accepted practice!

[@bf-xi3om]

Main reason I think , its because its not supported by internet explorer 9. Alot of people still use it

[@TechnicolorMammoth]

@@bf-xi3om they get the mobile responsive layout. Did you not watch the presentation?

[@TechnicolorMammoth]

Or maybe do it right now. You're learning CSS. This is the exact time you give it a try and never go back to divs, nests and floats. Grid IS in actual real life design and unlike web code has not changed at all because it is natural. You're web Designing. Why fill your head with this that and the other when you have the pure simplicity of a grid.

[@beepst]

I prefer Flexbox.

[@PristinePerceptions]

I have often wondered why web layouts weren't always like this. This is not innovation. No, it is not. This is the natural way to do it. It is a shame that we didn't do this earlier.

[@ben-abbott]

tough crowd

[@HumanoidTyphoon91]

Sometimes microphones do not pick up noises from the crowd. And again, sometimes, tough crowd

[@pablorodriguez6318]

And it´s a conference in Paris with subtitles in french at a side...

[@oldboot]

They gave him a standing ovation!

[@Iwitrag]

@@oldboot Cuz were forced

[@oldboot]

@@Iwitrag yeah, that was the joke

[@rickyanthony]

Great presentation. CSS overlords should pay him. I felt he voiced all my layout frustrations for the last 8 years the rest of the world called normal. Something in me is set free.

[@guillermodanielmazzarigiov1768]

I started my organizing party a couple of months ago and I have had a very hard time with media queries, now that I se this is like 🤯, I can't even imagine how it impacted people who had all their live coding and fit presented to this 4 years ago

[@zakcodes3507]

"The way we have been doing web layout from the beginning is broken" Thank god someone said it

[@SoloDoloTube]

This talk taught me why we're calling "Bootstrap", "Bootstrap" ... Never though about an actual strap on a boot !! Mind: blown !

[@huckleberryfinn8795]

I just started studying web dev about a week ago and it was difficult to get the layout I wanted. I tried flexbox, etc., and eventually tried CSS grid and it worked like a charm. Actually it was last night lol. Then this video pops up on my feed.

[@CarloRizzante]

Cool, all the study made on those grids for magazines and books and print in general becomes once again relevant. How awesome.

[@noelwalterso2]

It's about bloody time!

[@RAYl71]

holy CSS

[@RAYl71]

hey thanks for attantion . nice talk . god bless grids

[@SirusStarTV]

cascading style shit

[@phat80]

Gerydome do you have a better replacement?

[@twentyonedot]

1. Make it accessible 2. Make it fancy 3. Make sure fancy doesn't break accessibility.

[@shahbokhari]

The most amazing all in one "CSS Grid" presentation ever. This really changes everything about the web layout 2017. Thanks and a lot of love to Rand Hendriksen

[@lets-evolve]

Finally, I left web design because it was absolutely nuts how responsive design was being done. Now it's finally come full circle and done the right way. Haven't tried this yet, but sounds promising. I thought bootstrap was on the right path but not quite there.

[@clankill3r]

I left web for the same reason :D

[@vonkruel]

Great presentation! I'm completely sold on this. One of the most satisfying things you can do as a programmer is to replace evil, painful hacks with a nice clean solution that makes life easier every day you work on the project. This is CSS finally doing its job, so we don't have to compensate for its failings elsewhere.

[@chapchic]

This changed my life! Thanks! I will probably watch the video over, and over, and over.

[@timmcneill5299]

Im about to embark on re-designing a new website for a massive charity, and i'm so glad i watched this before starting - thank you!

[@edwardssnowden8986]

Wait.. did he just say that grid count starts at 1? IDK how to feel

[@jeffdickey]

CSS already works that way - e.g., `:nth-child(1)`

[@cssmonkey6193]

+Jeff Dickey nop, it starts at ZERO = `:nth-child() LOL

[@sebastianmalton5967]

But that selects nothing

[@thfreakinacage]

CSS is not programming, so I accept it :P haha

[@falahati]

Heart breaking :(

[@yuriymatso]

Thanks for sharing Coding Tech! Super excited for the new CSS grid layout! 2018 will see a lot of new cool projects!

[@namstel9225]

I've heard of grid before and seen some example, but this video really got me thinking in grids. You really make some excellent points that I haven't thought of before. It makes so much sense to have a defined layout, and then have the content just adhere to that layout. I'm 2 years late, but I guess it's better late than never. Thanks for this excellent presentation, Morten!

[@ninjaduck3534]

That was not like chasing a hose at all! So well structured and spoken, thank you Morten Rand-Hendriksen!!!

[@Mrsatnur]

Really one of the shortest but best css grid eye opener. Thanks for saving my time 👌

[@codecobber1107]

wow, simply wow. Feels like I'm starting from scratch again. Really good presentation.

[@filip3148]

and here we sit in 2019 and still look at the presentation in awe

[@charlesbovalis6591]

WOW ... I know Morten from several online WordPress tutorials I have taken and I am very pleased to see him do a presentation on CSS grid. Thumbs up Morten !!!!

[@sainaths.r2084]

One of the most engaging and informative front end presentation I've ever seen , listening to this guy talk sounded like hearing the Steve jobs of layouts : P

[@BlueRidgeParkway]

I was skeptical of the "Amazing" tag but have to say it's spot-on! Great post :-)

[@banimalhalder723]

I am learning how to create web pages so that when I grow up, I do have an opportunity for being a Web dev. I will definitely adopt this new tech as it's just way simpler than divs.

[@darshanv1748]

Literally the best presentation on grids you will ever find

[@fooboobear]

one of the best speaker that i have ever listened

[@ArisAlamanos]

one of the best talks I've seen on web development in a LONG time

[@phanphuoclam1365]

Thank you so much!!! I used flex for long time ago. And now, I have just watched this video. I want to come back to 9 months ago and watch this video. And it already saved my life at least until now. Thank you.

[@nnaemekaaja3045]

At 18:37 and I just had to jump of my seat. Wow! CSS Grid is sweet. So much potential.

[@videodose2612]

This is definitely the best video on CSS Grid Layout! Thank you! KZbin thank you for your recommendation!

[@justyna6134]

The best presentation since I started to dive in website's word !!! Thank you Morten !!!

[@SaintTheDreamer]

Morten your a great teacher, thanks for all the wordpress tutorials

[@heckyes]

CSS GRID can now do what has been doing since forever.

[@BjrnErikSandbakk]

Thanks from Tromsø in Northern Norway. I learned what i need to start to explore CSS Grid, and make it in to a redesign of one of my clients site. Thanks!!!

[@iMPRE7ed]

This presenter is soo awesome. Great stuff

[@institutionalmoney111]

SUPER AMAZING TALK!!! THIS VIDEO ROCKS!!!

[@trader5199]

OMG - This is the most terrific news in the world of CSS and front-end development!!! Definitely the news of the year!!! Thank you for the upload!

[@gilsonviana4936]

After couple of years (👂) out there going through several web development tutorials, I felt the urge to learn CSS grid, so I found this guy and his whole presentation taught me (in a fun way) what a boring tutorial would do in 1-2 hours. Thanks a lot dude.

[@stianchrister]

I just started learning HTML/CSS and was overwhelmed by all the div garbage. So happy now lol

[@peterharang2893]

Great speech. I'm convinced.

[@andrirafna]

I like the live text transcribing and translation going on in the top left and right corners. Awesome talk.

[@LucasGuillemette]

Thank you Morten. I'm just starting up and this is encouraging.

[@anthonyreynolds1725]

rip bootstrap

[@w999d]

never used grids from bootstrap

[@alexmachin1785]

not really 😂

[@wolo]

bootstrap is not only grids FYI

[@kenthefley2226]

XDRosenheim IMO no real coder should rely on frameworks. You aren't really designing when you use them.

[@wolo]

@Kent Hefley %D are you serious... real coders should not reinvent the whell and face the same problems again and again on every new project. this is exactly what the frameworks are for.

[@tsuyoshi4226]

Thank you for the great video! It's really useful

[@JonLynchIsAlive]

Fantastic presentation! I’m sold.... starting now-ish.

[@sayasreeni]

It is an excellent talk on CSS Grids. Indeed a captivating presentation!

[@bitonchen]

Im speechless!! Amazing

[@WaseemYusuf]

HOLY CRAAAP!!! THIS IS FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sororbudwiser]

This was a quick, simple, and informative speech on the CSS Grid layout. Loved it, thank you!

[@Zamicol]

Amazing talk. This was the mother of all demos for CSS grid.

[@rldash]

so glad I'm getting deep into CSS as this Grid method is adopted....what a time!

[@Swaffelking007]

I am new to webdesign, but this looks exactly like wpf grid in XAML and I love it. Great time to be a webdeveloper i guess!

[@climbingworkouts]

Thank you, I'm now getting my head around the concepts...

[@V__RR]

I'm literally about to learn css this week. Thank goodness I saw this video before I started learning it, this is going to change the future.

[@stonedaurelius6496]

Awesome video!

[@clarencewarner3979]

He's one of the amazing Instructor on Lynda ..

[@FlashKenTutorials]

This is amazing! concise explanations with great examples. Excellent pacing and case studies. And the cowpath thing is inspirational!

[@TomHermans]

Great presentation Morten. Immediately clear what, why and how. Example for a lot of talks (including my own ;) )

[@saket37]

Where the hell can I find this guy and give him a hug!! P.S.: Thank you Coding Tech for this video!

[@maxiherczegh4419]

In Canada (Burnaby)

[@EldeNova]

Amazing. This guy just forced his own standing ovation!

[@bennettwaisbren]

One of the most clever presentations on web dev I've ever seen, damn bravo

[@ZionPerez]

Bookmark: 26:37 CSS Grid: A Practical Approach 1. build mobile-first website without grid 2. use mobile-first layout as fallback for all browsers 3. use @supports to detect grid support 4. at appropriate breakpoint, create layout with grid and grid-areas 5. explore new layouts as viewport widens

[@ezequielgarrido3987]

Great talk. Wish I could've been there.

[@aschmitt89]

I'm going to do a full rewrite of my website as soon as I get home this afternoon...

[@General_Aladeen]

Andrew Schmitt progess?

[@General_Aladeen]

progress

[@StefanHolodnickDailyinvention]

This is really the best thing in a while that I've seen with CSS.

[@YouAdrianziom]

I'm so glad that I'v found this when I'm just starting with css/html and all that stuff

[@lawrencefitzgerald4744]

I can't believe it's taken this long to get this point!

[@adriangabardo]

This guy just figured out how to make everyone give you a standing ovation at the end of your lectures

[@Sheikh_Sakibul_Islam]

Probably the best KZbin recommendation of 2021 !

[@sainaths.r2084]

Fantastic video . Was putting off css grid thinking about support .Helped clarify all that :)

[@boradmay]

great talk, thanks

[@jincyquones]

Incredible! If deep learning neural networks weren't going to make manual HTML layout obsolete before, they definitely are going to now!

[@SogMosee]

Any sources or links on the idea you're discussing here? Has deep learning or even machine learning been applied to web design and development yet?

[@jincyquones]

Yup. Look up UIzard Technologies' Pix2Code. You give the program a flat 2D image of a GUI and using deep learning, it spits out a functional template for iOS, Android, and/or the web. The head of that company, Tony Beltramelli, released a research paper on the topic, and plans to release AI's source code later this year. I've also read about a couple AI projects that do stuff like generate unique site layouts based on arbitrary parameters. If you think about it, it's really not a very difficult problem for machine learning algorithms to figure out, even without CSS grids. You can mine training data from literally everywhere on the web.

[@dahahaka]

This show's how extremely stupid web development can be xD when you need AI to describe a design that you can draw on a piece of paper in a matter of minutes.

[@dahahaka]

jurchiks101 and what is HTML? Exactly, a description of the design

[@davidrice7655]

I love this talk on CSS Grid. I was a Computer Science student who dropped out once I discovered web development. CSS Grid was taking hold when I switched to web dev. This is such a great explanation. I was still making it complicated until you showed me the simplicity

[@franktielemans6624]

CSS Grid is so great. Yesterday, I've designed a responsive webpage in Indesign and I placed guides in the design that represent gridlines. Than I opened brackets, created the html and base CSS. With brackets and Indesign open I was able to write the grid CCS rules without even seeing a preview while I'm writing the code. It's so intuitive, so easy.

[@phpBasics]

Frames and tables for LIFE!!! j/k

[@PabloBejaranoPabhoz]

Awesome, 😱🎉

[@aRoamingDuck]

We are witnessing the enlightenment period of web design/development . Thank goodness it is here.

[@andrewmagill]

Brilliant stuff Morton! Really got me all excited inside! :)

[@andrew8293]

Morten: makes joke to make presentation less boring. Audience: UnABle to LOcatE tHe FuNNy

[@diazalbn]

they're *ROBOTS*

[@randomly_random_0]

maybe because they're bootstrap users that's why they can't get the joke about CSS?

[@kelbiekelbie909]

This sounds promising.

[@TristanBailey]

Time to look again at learning this in 2020. Grids so practical

[@zakcodes3507]

I have been hoping for this exact thing for months and now it's true. That's amazing

[@u_n_n_u_r]

He even got a grid shirt!

[@szczypiorofixable]

This guy is amazing :)

[@icreatestuff3610]

My goodness I've been stuck on an assignment forever flexbox was not doing what I wanted and I was determined to not use a float! Thank you!!