In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about tips for writing good CSS.

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Show Notes

4:08 - Use a system

4:50 - Use overrides and cascading

Embrace the cascade
Don’t rewrite the same CSS over and over again
Understand why scoping is good

9:07 - Nail down typography early

You can always revisit if it isn’t what you need

10:36 - Pick a pattern and stick to it

BEM
Functional CSS
CSS in JS

14:39 - Don’t style based on element type (kind of) — a class should describe the component

17:09 - Good naming techniques

Describe what it is, not what it looks like
Thing
- ThingChild
  - ThingChild-modifier
Scale sizes (e.g. s, m, l, xl)

21:43 - Other tips

Group like CSS together
Chunk into different files
Write good comments
CSS properties FTW

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