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The purification of web development
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Nicolas Gallagher
May 30, 2013
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Transcript
The purification of web development
Nicolas Gallagher @necolas
Before code…
Assumptions and the history of ideas
Heraclitus (535 BC – 475 BC)
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Democritus (460 BC – 370 BC)
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“You cannot step twice into the same river; for fresh
waters are flowing in upon you.” – Heraclitus
CSS and the purification of HTML
<table> <tr> <td align="left" onClick="dothing()"> <center> <font face="verdana">…</font> </center> </td>
</tr> </table>
“To increase the granularity of control over elements, a new
attribute has been added to HTML: 'CLASS'.” - CSS1 spec
None
Don’t use “unsemantic” class names?
“Your HTML, like diamonds, should be forever.” - camendesign.com
“…authors are encouraged to use [class attribute] values that describe
the nature of the content, rather than values that describe the desired presentation of the content.” - HTML5 spec
“A structure based on CLASS is only useful within a
restricted domain, where the meaning of a class has been mutually agreed upon.” - CSS1 spec
Class names are for us, not machines
We can pick our own meaning
Don't write ugly class names?
<p class="hyphens-as-word-separators"> … </p>
/* Component */ .button {…} /* Component */ .button-group {…}
/* Component modifier */ .button.primary {…} /* Component child */ .button-group .item {…}
/* Component */ .Button {…} /* Component modifier */ .Button--primary
{…} /* Component */ .ButtonGroup {…} /* Component descendant */ .ButtonGroup-item {…}
<!-- HTML --> <ul class="ButtonGroup"> <li class="ButtonGroup-item"> <button class="Button"> Save
</button> </li> <li class="ButtonGroup-item"> <button class="Button Button--cancel"> Cancel </button> </li> </ul>
None
github.com/necolas/suit-button-group
github.com/necolas/suit
Structured class names are useful
Don’t use extra elements?
<article class="Box"> <div class="Box-close"> <button class="u-textLike js-close"> <span class="Icon Icon--close"></span>
<span class="u-isHiddenVisually"> Close </span> </button> </div> ... </article>
<article class="Box"> <div class="Box-close"> {{> partials/close-button }} </div> {{$content}}{{/content}} </article>
{{<box_with_close}} {{$content}} <h1>Title</h1> <p>Some words</p> {{/content}} {{/box_with_close}}
Look at what they make you give
Web Components
“Web Components…let web application authors define widgets with a level
of visual richness not possible with CSS alone” - W3C Introduction to Web Components
“…specify the extra presentation using markup…” - W3C Introduction to
Web Components
None
Encapsulation, interoperability, reuse
Shadow DOM Encapsulation and DOM boundaries <element> Custom elements; extend
native elements <template> Clonable, inert DOM fragments
<element extends="button" name="x-btnClose"> <template> <style> @host { /* css to
unstyle button */ } .visHidden { /* css to hide text */ } </style> <x-icon type="close" size="24"></x-icon> <div class="visHidden"> <content></content> </div> </template> <script>// javascript</script> </element>
<button is="x-btnClose">Close</button>
None
It’s ok to rely on extra elements
Step back into the river
The end