Episode 68
68: Building Interfaces with Utility-First CSS
In this episode, Adam welcomes back Jonathan Reinink to talk about implementing designs with a utility-first approach to CSS.
July 19, 20171h 4m
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Show Notes
They talk about the problems this approach has solved for them, the surprising workflow benefits, and some tips and tricks for using this approach well.
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Links:
- BEM, the Block Element Modifier CSS methodology
- About HTML semantics and front-end architecture, a blog post by Nicolas Gallagher that heavily inspired the way Adam writes CSS
- Implementing Designs with Utility-Focused CSS, a recorded live stream where you can watch Adam implement a design using his work-in-progress CSS framework
- Beard, David Hemphill's utility framework
- Tachyons, a popular utility framework
- fractures utility framework
- turrettcss utility framework
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