BEM: 4 Hang-Ups & How It Will Help Your CSS Organization
Sparkbox developer Philip Zastrow addresses four common misconceptions about BEM and explains how and why the CSS naming convention of Block Element Modifier helps solve organizational thinking around class names.
Over the last several years, the way I write CSS has transitioned from a "semantic" approach to something more like what people call "functional CSS." In this post I explain how I got to this point and share some of the lessons and insights I've picked up along the way.
Do you dread styling your apps? Fear that a change might break the styles you crafted through many hours of labour? I'm here to tell you that there's another way.
The perils of functional CSS (atomic CSS) | Browser London
Functional CSS (sometimes called atomic CSS) has risen in popularity recently, but what are it's benefits and what type of teams and projects does it suit?
.u-glue: A positioning pattern (algorithm? API?) | Lara Schenck
.u-glue is a CSS utility class (or what I would call an algorithm) that provides an API for positioning an element absolutely over another element. We are using it at PMC, and it's proven a useful model!
Subtitle: Why everybody who talks about the importance of semantics is both right and wrong at the same time. I’ve often heard people talk about semantic CSS. That is, the names we come up for ...
Managing Z-Index In A Component-Based Web Application — Smashing Magazine
The z-index property, despite all that’s written about it, is still widely misunderstood and mishandled. Stacking issues in a complex single-page web application can become a major pain. Adhering to some principles, however, we can easily avoid these issues.
As we wrap up our recent poll on ordering CSS properties, it brings up the larger issue of CSS style guides. Ordering properties is just one choice you
How To Develop Scalable And Maintainable CSS - Vanseo Design
Last weekend I came across more ideas about our changing css best practices, specifically a presentation by Andy Hume and an article from Nicolas Gallagher, both of which offer additional thoughts to what I’ve been talking about these last few weeks. I wanted to discuss each a little and more importantly point you to both […]