CSS Intelligence: Speculating On The Future Of A Smarter Language
July 4, 2025
CSS has evolved from a purely presentational language into one with growing logical powers — thanks to features like container queries, relational pseudo-classes, and the if() function. Is it still just for styling, or is it becoming something more? Gabriel Shoyombo explores how smart CSS has become over the years, where it is heading, the challenges it addresses, whether it is becoming too complex, and how developers are reacting to this shift
Source: CSS Intelligence: Speculating On The Future Of A Smarter Language — Smashing Magazine
CSS has evolved over the last 30 years from a straightforward replacement for decorative HTML tags like font and attributes like color to a sophisticated language for styling, layout, even generated content.
Here Gabriel Shoyombo traces its history and growing complexity and sophistication, and tasks a look at where the language might be headed in this excellent article.
