Connie Finkelman

Presentations

CSS3 and HTML5 for Mobile High Performance

As the lead UI developer for Office Depot I worked with Java developers to bring our mobile site to a "Best in Class" status, gaining a 300% improvement in speed. In this presentation I'll talk about how to practically apply HTML5 and CSS3 in the mobile web environment to achieve maximum performance and speed.

This discussion includes how to develop for varying widths, how to use CSS3 to keep images small, how to deal with proxied browsers, how to leverage APIs and how to use HTML5 for responsive design and faster loads. I also discuss how to apply Javascript and the pros and cons of various libraries.

HTML and CSS for jQuery

My experience with my own team has shown me that back-end developers are often frustrated by their inability to integrate jQuery with the UI.

This talk, originally prepared for my co-workers, discusses how the DOM is queried by browsers' rendering engines and by jQuery, how jQuery manipulates the DOM, and how to optimize jQuery for DOM performance. Then, the discussion turns to how to understand what HTML structures are required to provide hooks for Javascript, and finally how to use CSS to add interface to the interaction.

CSS Spriting

The subject I am most excited about is spriting. Everyone knows that image spriting is an important component of enterprise CSS. But even giants like Yahoo and Facebook could make major improvements in the size and efficiency of their sprites. After an in-depth analysis of image sprites I discovered the key factors in minimizing images sizes for sprites and applying them efficiently.

This talk covers my breakthrough techniques for enterprise spriting and demystifies the spriting process.