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CRAFTING SCALABLE STYLESHEETS Mike Fowler @michaelrfowler VT CodeCamp 2012

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www.sass-lang.org

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www.compass-style.com

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WE WANT MAINTAINABILITY AND SCALABILITY

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WE WANT NEED MAINTAINABILITY AND SCALABILITY

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CSS IS A PUSHOVER

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FILE STRUCTURE •Logical grouping •Modular architecture •Inline documentation

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SEMANTICS

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SEMANTICS CONTENT-DEPENDENT CONTENT-INDEPENDENT

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OBJECT-ORIENTED CSS

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@EXTEND FOR GREAT GOOD

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CENTRALIZE YOUR APPLICATION SETTINGS

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VARIABLES SIMPLIFY COMMON STYLESHEET UPDATES

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VARIABLE SEMANTICS

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“SMART” VARIABLES

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• Frequently changed • Time-consuming to maintain • -webkit-f*#k: this; BROWSER PREFIXES

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READABLE MEDIA QUERIES

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MIXINS HELP TO CONTEXTUALIZE COMPLEX CODE

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MEET http://susy.oddbird.net/

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MEET http://susy.oddbird.net/

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STYLE GUIDES

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https://github.com/styleguide/css/1.0

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https://github.com/styleguide/css/1.0

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http://warpspire.com/kss/

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http://jacobrask.github.com/styledocco/

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KEEP DOCUMENTATION USEFUL AND UPDATED

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GET STARTED NOW

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http://livereload.com/

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http://incident57.com/codekit/

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http://mhs.github.com/scout-app/

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PREPROCESSORS ENCOURAGE RETHINKING

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RETHINKING ENCOURAGES NEW TECHNIQUES

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NEW TECHNIQUES PROGRESS OUR CRAFT

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THANK YOU Tweet: @michaelrfowler Blog: mikefowler.me Mail: [email protected] https://speakerdeck.com/u/mikefowler/