Back to the CSS (@dotCSS)

Remember CSS without variables, math & friends ? Ouch. Preprocessors saved us, until we get bigger & bigger CSS to maintain. BEM saved us again to prevent crappy code, but we still need preprocessors. CSS specs, even if they are slow, will bring lots of features than will deprecate preprocessors. Will we be able to use that in 2020 ? What if we could write the same code today ?

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1. W E ❤️ C S S
2. B U T…
3. N O VA R I A B L E S N O M AT H N O C U S T O M I S AT I O N
4. N O T A P R O G R A M M I N G L A N G U A G E
5. P R E P R O C E S S O R ?
6. @ *
7. O R G A N I S AT I O N T H E P R O B L E M I S O U R
8. W H AT S O U L D W E D O ?
9. .Block-element--modifier
10. @ I N C L U D E @ E X T E N D
11. dev.w3.org/csswg
12. C U S T O M P R O P S ( > VA R S ) :root { --lineHeight: 3rem } p { margin-bottom: calc(var(--lineHeight * 2)); }
13. C U S T O M M E D I A Q U E R I E S @custom-media --large-viewport (min-width: 60rem); @media (--large-viewport) { /* styles for large viewport */ }
14. C O L O R M A N I P U L AT I O N body { background: gray(255, .4) linear-gradient( color(rebeccapurple alpha(50%)), hwb(0, 20%, 40%), color(hwb(0, 20%, 40%, .5) lightness(+10%)), color(#9d9c tint(40%)) ) }
15. • M O R E S E L E C T O R S , • M O R E F U N C T I O N S • A N D N E S T I N G ! A N D M O R E
16. WHAT IF WE COULD GO…
17. F U T U R E S Y N TA X U S A B L E T O D AY ?
18. @cssnext
19. C S S N E X T F E AT U R E S A R E C S S S P E C S
20. cssnext.github.io
21. P L U G I N S G R U N T, G U L P, B L U R P…
22. Give it a try! @MoOx