Kirupa Chinnathambi works as a Program Manager in the Web Platform team at Microsoft. His latest book, Creating Web Animations published by O’Reilly Media, examines how animations are made in today’s user interfaces.
Kirupa Chinnathambi works as a Program Manager in the Web Platform team at Microsoft. His latest book, Creating Web Animations published by O’Reilly Media, examines how animations are made in today’s user interfaces.
Kirupa Chinnathambi works as a Program Manager in the Web Platform team at Microsoft. His latest book, Creating Web Animations published by O’Reilly Media, examines how animations are made in today’s user interfaces.
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Time Jumps
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1:50 What got you into the web?
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4:40 Why write a book about web animations?
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6:40 How do you define CSS transitions and CSS animations?
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8:15 In order to maximize CSS do you need to have Javascript?
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9:10 How much Javascript knowledge does someone need on today’s web?
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10:30 What are some tips for making animations with better performance?
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12:18 What would cause you to work with canvas?
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13:20 What are the properties you want to avoid?
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15:35 What if I position absolute within a nested div that’s positioned relative?
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16:30 What tools would you recommend for testing performance?
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17:15 What were your goals in writing your book?
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21:55 What are your views on the CSS spec going forward?
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27:10 When’s the sequel coming out for your FrontPage book?
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29:40 How important is blogging?
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32:10 Discussion of owning your content.
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