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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 […]

Harry Nicholls recently wrote all about simplifying styles with functional CSS and you should definitely check it out. In short, functional CSS is another

Making the case for embracing CSS's cascade to create more adaptable and easier to use UI components

A utility-first CSS framework for rapidly building custom user interfaces.

“Favor composition over inheritance”. This piece of wisdom from Design Patterns, one of the most influential software engineering books, is the foundation of...

I’ve been intrigued by CSS Modules lately. If you haven't heard of them, this post is for you. We'll be looking at the project and it's goals and aims. If

CSS Modules are super trendy and super useful. Learn how they work, visually, with diagrams and examples.

Harry Nicholls recently wrote all about simplifying styles with functional CSS and you should definitely check it out. In short, functional CSS is another

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.

A short yet detailed introduction to understanding SOLID design principles.

The craft of CSS is dying, it’s easy to claim these days. But is style sheet quality that important at all? The opposite position appears legitimate just as well. A few thoughts.

A high level guide for designers and developers who write CSS, but want to be more strategic about building moderate to large scale CSS…

Why naming something based on what it is, instead of how it looks or behaves is the foundation of well architected and maintainable CSS.

Most CSS developers I know don't think too hard about their choice of class names. In this article we'll take a good look at the impact of our choices.

How do I make my CSS scalable and maintainable? It’s a concern for every front-end developer. ITCSS has an answer.

Modular CSS is a collection of principles for writing code that is performant and maintainable at scale.

Five insights from the year with Inverted Triangle CSS.

CSS styles isolation is the most frequent start point of the BEM usage. But this is the least that BEM can give you. BEM brings a system approach in your project and keeps it from the mess.

CSS is easy, some might argue, but that "easiness" can cause messy code. This is especially true through power of preprocessors like Sass or Less where,

by Sarah Dayan How to decide whether you should chain or extend CSS classesPhoto by Alexandru Tugui on UnsplashIf you’re building an app or a website that changes often, modular CSS methods solve many issues. Instead of copying your HTML structure in CSS and decorating it, you create consumable

CSS. It's a web designer's playpen. With so many colors, type settings, layout options, and responsive possibilities, it's easy to turn a stylesheet into a million line nightmare. However, with a few simple actions you can clean up the mess so the CSS works with you, not against you.

As a front-end developer, arriving on a project, who has not found himself thinking, “Damn, where does this class comes from? Where is it…

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Over time, systems happen.

UPDATE: You can find an updated version of this post on my blog.

CSS Best Practices: how to scale CSS in a fast-growing SaaS startup. Learn CSS best practices from SCSS to Styleguidist, SASS, PostCSS, React, Bulma, CSS-in-JS or Bootstrap.

I think styling is one of the most interesting parts of the frontend stack lately. In trying to clearly outline a set of opinions about web…