“Atoms are the basic building
blocks of matter. Applied to web
interfaces, atoms are our HTML
tags, such as a form label, an
input or a button.”
Brad Frost
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ACSS is a method of using one class
for one CSS property so that same
property can be used in different
parts of a site.
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What does that look like?
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My preferred way of writing ACSS
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Until–I tried media queries with it
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Desktop Mobile
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Pseudo Classes/Elements
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acss.io
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will-change
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Wait, what about the round brackets ()
or parens if you’re American
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mathiasbynens.be/notes/css-escapes
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And that’s why I prefer - ()
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2 more advantages of using acss
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1. Quick prototyping
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Preprocessor Normal Css Post Process Minify
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Style Page Done!
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1. a Great way to visualise page
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2. Avoids overusing @extend
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4 disadvantages of using acss
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1. Lots of classes on a
html element looks ‘ugly’
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2. Slight chance of
bloating your CSS
If not maintained
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acss.io
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3. Requires more maintenance than
normal css
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4. It’s just like inline css
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- Can’t do media queries or
pseudo classes
- Inline css not cached
- Uses more characters than acss
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This isn’t a new concept
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http://ux.mailchimp.com/patterns/helpers
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http://ux.mailchimp.com/patterns/helpers
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Open source acss projects
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and much much more…
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Everyone doesn’t have to
adopt this method.
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http://digitalcroydon.net/event/
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Thank You!
Richard Bray @Ceiga
https://github.com/RichardBray