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Article July 8, 2019

The Many Ways to Include CSS in JavaScript Applications

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Welcome to an incredibly controversial topic in the land of front-end development! I’m sure that a majority of you reading this have encountered your fair share of #hotdrama surrounding how CSS should be handled within a JavaScript application.

I want to preface this post with a disclaimer: There is no hard and fast rule that establishes one method of handling CSS in a React, or Vue, or Angular application as superior. Every project is different, and every method has … Read article

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Link January 8, 2019

The 10,000 Year Clock Design Principals

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In the new year edition of the Clearleft newsletter, Jeremy Keith linked to the design principals Danny Hillis thought about while considering a clock that would work for 10,000 years.

Here's part of that page… Read article

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Link October 31, 2016

8 simple rules for a robust, scalable CSS architecture

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I don't disagree on any particular point on this thesis by Jarno Rantanen.

This is the first I've seen this particular naming convention, which seems fine to me, but I'd add that any well-considering naming convention works.

Also, there is this:

Cascading styles will ruin your day, eventually.

A sentiment shared by many these days, and the likely culprit for all the peter-griffin-adjusting-the-blinds.gifs out there in the world. Again I don't entirely disagree, but, there are styles I gotta imagine … Read article

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