CSS First

Explore a conference talk from CSSConf Oakland 2014 where Michelle Bu presents "CSS First," addressing common challenges in maintaining CSS for web applications. Learn how to prevent CSS from unraveling as projects grow, avoid vague class names, and eliminate conflicts between different styling rules. Discover how Stripe tackled these issues by prioritizing CSS and focusing on creating a great developer experience. Gain insights into using rework and selecting appropriate plugins to write and maintain testable, component-based CSS that enhances collaboration among team members. Understand the importance of starting with a solid CSS foundation to prevent cascading issues and improve overall project maintainability.

Introduction
Determination
Development
Denial
Problems
Tools