Re:In defense of functional CSS
by Retric on Thursday September 27, 2018 @12:55PM
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> Usually, in a large codebase, I end up just adding a class instead of tweaking one and figuring out if I broke anything anywhere.
It's very easy to just make another CSS class everywhere, but that defeats the point of CSS and you might as well just use inline styles.
Clean well maintained CSS makes a huge difference. The problem is your CSS needs to map to semantic meaning of what's going on, and you need to maintain the effort to keep it clean.
> How many times do I have to change all the buttons on my app?
How about how often do you need to change all your 'submit' buttons? The HTML element type is again vastly less important than what each element means.
It's very easy to just make another CSS class everywhere, but that defeats the point of CSS and you might as well just use inline styles.
Clean well maintained CSS makes a huge difference. The problem is your CSS needs to map to semantic meaning of what's going on, and you need to maintain the effort to keep it clean.
> How many times do I have to change all the buttons on my app?
How about how often do you need to change all your 'submit' buttons? The HTML element type is again vastly less important than what each element means.