Inautilo#Development #Debates
Is Tailwind CSS worth it? · “Tailwind is the worst form of CSS, except for all the others.” https://ilo.im/165a6s
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Cascade Layers vs. BEM vs. utility classes · Approaches to control CSS specificity https://ilo.im/164s5a
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#CSS #Specificity #CascadeLayers #UtilityClasses #BEM #Browser #WebDev #Frontend #Comparisons
CSS Cascade Layers Vs. BEM Vs. Utility Classes: Specificity Control — Smashing Magazine
CSS can be unpredictable — and specificity is often the culprit. Victor Ayomipo breaks down how and why your styles might not behave as expected, and why understanding specificity is better than relying on `!important`.
Stu Robson🎉 new blogpost alert
Creating Design System-Friendly Snowflakes with Utility Classes
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The 3 types of CSS utility classes · “Composing primitives is what makes front-end development fun.” https://ilo.im/15zeg8
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Tailwind, and the death of web craftsmanship · “It’s a symptom of what I feel to be a larger problem in development.” https://ilo.im/14keex
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#Tailwind #UtilityClasses #Craftsmanship #WebDev #Frontend #CSS #ScopedCSS #Maintainability
It's kinda like Tailwind but uses Design Tokens pulled into Style Dictionary that does much more:
- generate a list of utility classes (as shown).
- help generate documentation.
- Sass variables.
- CSS Custom Properties.
- Integrate with Tokens Studio.
- a VSCode autocomplete plugin.
- etc. etc.
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