Writing Good CSS

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about writing good CSS. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Netlify - Sponsor Netlify is the best way to deploy and host a front-end website. All the features developers need right out of the box: Global CDN, Continuous Deployment, one click HTTPS and more. Hit up netlify.com/syntax for more info. Show Notes 02:11 - Frameworks Utility: Tailwind, Taycons, Bulma Frameworks: Foundation, Bootstrap Classless base starters: https://github.com/dbohdan/classless-css HTML5 UP / A template 13:37 - Preprocessors Sass Stylus Less Regular CSS Variables Color functions - not yet 19:42 - Tools PostCSS is like Babel for CSS. Some good plugins: https://github.com/postcss/postcss#plugins CSS min/max for clamp Autoprefixer Autoreset - reset a component Gap instead of grid-gap Simple-vars Postcss-modules SugarSS Preset env 34:19 - Stylint Stylint More than just a basic linter Capable of complex rules in your CI process - i.e. if you are using a color, make sure it’s a CSS variable 36:37 - Removing unwanted CSS PurgeCSS - Tailwind uses this PurifyCSS 41:17 - Writing maintainable CSS / scoping solutions Component-based CSS Modules Naming Convention Based BEM SMACSS CSS Variables Powerful when utilized with things like calc() to avoid out of sync values Know which browsers you need to support Links Syntax 197: Hasty Treat - Tips For Writing Good CSS Compass Susy Grunt Gulp Linaria Astroturf Houdini Svelte Syntax Highlight Dhanish Gajjar - https://www.instagram.com/dhanishgajjar/ ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Rustlings Wes: Class Action Park Documentary Shameless Plugs Scott: Advanced Animating React with Framer Motion - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets