DevFest Berlin 2024

You don’t know MathML. Almost nobody does
2024-11-23 , Berghain

Do you speak math? Me neither. Still, math formulas have always been around: from Wikipedia articles to JavaScript APIs and even CSS docs. It looks so alien that I never had a clue how to express it on the web. Apparently, there’s a markup language for that. HTML for content, SVG for vector graphics, and MathML for math! And it’s pretty cross-browser, too. Let’s dive into the basics and quirks of the language of the universe. Even if math is not your love language, you might learn something interesting about the web platform.

Frontend developer in love with the Web, browsers, bicycles, and podcasting. He/him, MDN technical writer, Google Developer Expert.