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Stuart Robson
May 06, 2015
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A Modern Sass Architecture
A short talk I gave at the inaugural SassXSW in Bath on MAy 6th 2015
Stuart Robson
May 06, 2015
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Modern Architecture
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What is a page?
We’re not building mom & pop shops anymore
OOCSS
BEM
SMACSS
ITCSS
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Folders & Files - ageddon
7 folders, to rule them all
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base/
base/ • where you put rudimentary defaults • a reset
file • basic typography settings • code for common HTML elements
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layouts/
layouts/ • code that lays out the site • code
for the main ‘parts’ of your site • header • footer • main • aside
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components/
components/ • smaller parts of the site • a carousel
(if they’re not evil, are they evil?) • accordian • tabs
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pages/
pages/ • for ‘page specific’ code • files named after
the ‘page’ e.g. • _front-page.scss
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themes/
themes/ • ‘big sites’ might need slight differences for different
states or themes
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config/
config/ • code that doesn’t output CSS • tools and
helpers • mixins • variables • functions
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vendor/
vendor/ • a good store for ‘not my code’ •
CSS from external libraries • jquery-ui.scss • bootstrap.scss
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config/
|– config/ | |– _variables.scss | |– _functions.scss | |–
_mixins.scss | |– _helpers.scss
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_variables.scss
866 lines of variables
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// Default Variables // -------------------- $brand-color--primary: #C69; $brand-color--secondary: #699; $brand-color--tertiary:
#F2ECE4; ...
// Tabs Pattern // ------------------- $tabs-navigation-border-color: $brand-color--secondary; $tabs-navigation-text-color: $brand-color--tertiary; $tabs-main-background-color:
$white; ...
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_shame.scss • somewhere to put something you’re not sure of
• should still have comments • should be emptied routinely, and quickly
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file naming convention _b-reset.scss base files begin with _b- _c-tabs.scss
components begin with _c- _l-header.scss layout files begin with _l- _p-contact.scss page files begin with _p- _t-admin.scss theme files begin with _t- _v-neat.scss vendor files begin with _v-
@import - irasation
// config/ @import "config/_variables"; … // base/ @import "base/_reset"; ...
// components/ @import "components/_buttons"; ... // layout/ @import "layout/_navigation"; ... // pages/ @import "pages/_home"; ... // themes/ @import “themes/_logged-in“; ... // vendors/ @import "config/_jquery-ui"; ...
How To Write Your Sass?
.component { // extends // includes // variables // CSS
// parent selector items // media queries }
https://speakerdeck.com/onishiweb/taking-the-pain-out-of-refactoring-secwed-march
Never go four levels deep
http://sass-guidelin.es/
Modern Architecture
wrapping up • keep your Sass sane • use specific
folders for specific elements of a site • refactor when you can • add comments like a mad person