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Using single property classes in CSS - FEL Nov 2015
Richard Bray
November 27, 2015
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Transcript
Using single property classes in CSS Richard Bray @ceiga
This is the first time I’ve ever done a talk
This is my first FEL event!
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Why?
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Who am I?
Developer / Designer / Product Designer
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Side Projects - richbray.me
The Problem
CSS has become complicated
Before Write CSS Upload it. Done!
Now Preprocessor Normal Css Post Process Minify
Now Preprocessor Normal Css Post Process Minify
Now Preprocessor Normal Css Post Process Minify Server Side Language
Terminal Knowledge
Now Version Control (maybe)
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Multiple files
What If?
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Typical Process 1. Inspect Element in Chrome 2. Make change
in Developer Tools 3. Run site locally 4. Locate .scss file and change 5. Save and View 6. Go through process mentioned previously
Typical Process 1. Inspect Element in Chrome 2. Make change
in Developer Tools 3. Run site locally 4. Locate .scss file and change 5. Save and View 6. Go through process mentioned previously
New Process 1. Inspect Element in Chrome 2. Make change
in Developer Tools 3. Update and save html file
Not inline CSS
Helper (or single property) Classes
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New Process 1. Inspect Element in Chrome 2. Make change
in Developer Tools 3. Update and save html file
How do you implement this?
Either
Or visit richbray.me/bricks
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Similar naming convention
Or visit richbray.me/bricks
New projects only! (unless you’re refactoring)
Let your HTML do the work
Another Thing
Not a fan of @extends
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Use @mixins instead
3 issues with this method
1. Lots of classes on a html element looks ‘ugly’
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2. Slight chance of bloating your CSS
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You Could
Or Just leave it 2 KB compressed 82.34 KB compressed
3. Media queries is tough
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Desktop Mobile
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This isn’t a new concept
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http://ux.mailchimp.com/patterns/helpers
http://ux.mailchimp.com/patterns/helpers
Thank You! Richard Bray @Ceiga https://github.com/RichardBray
http://digitalcroydon.net/event/