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Caching the Current Selector (&) in Sass

# February 14, 2017 By Chris Coyier

The & character in Sass is unique in that it represents the current selector. It changes as you nest. Let's say you are nested, but you want access to a selector back up the nesting a bit. The trick is to cache & and use it deeper in the nesting. (more…)

Developing Extensible HTML and CSS Components

# August 29, 2016 By Jon Yablonski

The following is a guest post by Jon Yablonski. Jon is going to show us an example of how we might approach markup such that one component is particularly versatile. It works as-is, and has a standardized way of making variations (adding a single class) that allow the design to be altered to fit the situation.

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(To use or not-to-use) Classes

# May 20, 2016 By Chris Coyier

Love me some blog debates! Papa Bear, Mama Bear, Baby Bear.

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