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Transcript
Atomic CSS with
What is Atomic CSS? compose styles directly on HTML tags
instead of in abstract CSS classes
Normal: style composition in CSS classes .header { background: black;
padding: 10px; display: flex; } <div class='header'>
Normal: style composition in CSS classes .header { background: black;
padding: 10px; display: flex; } <div class='header'> Not normal: inline styles <div style='background: black; padding: 10px; display: flex;'>
Atomic CSS .bg-black { background: black; } .padding-s { padding:
10px; } .flex { display: flex; } <div class='bg-black padding-s flex'> Normal: style composition in CSS classes .header { background: black; padding: 10px; display: flex; } <div class='header'> Not normal: inline styles <div style='background: black; padding: 10px; display: flex;'>
why? Atomic CSS .bg-black { background: black; } .padding-s {
padding: 10px; } .flex { display: flex; } <div class='bg-black padding-s flex'> Normal: style composition in CSS classes .header { background: black; padding: 10px; display: flex; } <div class='header'> Not normal: inline styles <div style='background: black; padding: 10px; display: flex;'> 🚀P🚀E🚀R🚀F🚀O🚀R🚀M🚀A🚀N🚀C🚀E🚀 (among other reasons)
developing new features the normal way:
header.css .header { background: black; padding: 10px; display: flex; }
.header-logo { border: 0; }
header.css .header { background: black; padding: 10px; display: flex; }
.header-logo { border: 0; } footer.css .footer { background: black; padding: 10px; display: grid; } .footer-links { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
CSS size (kb) Features added over time
CSS size (kb) Features added over time 🐌
CSS size (kb) Features added over time 🐌 code splitting
CSS size (kb) Features added over time 🐌 code splitting
CSS Modules `composes`
CSS size (kb) Features added over time 🐌 code splitting
CSS Modules `composes` lazy-load below-the-fold sections
header.css .header { background: black; padding: 10px; display: flex; }
.header-logo { border: 0; } footer.css .footer { background: black; padding: 10px; display: grid; } .footer-links { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
developing new features with Atomic CSS:
styles.css .bg-black { background: black; } .padding-s { padding: 10px;
} .flex { display: flex; } .border-0 { border: 0; } header.template <div class='bg-black padding-s flex'> <img class='border-0' /> </div>
styles.css .bg-black { background: black; } .padding-s { padding: 10px;
} .flex { display: flex; } .border-0 { border: 0; } .grid { display: grid; } .flex-col { flex-direction: column; } header.template <div class='bg-black padding-s flex'> <img class='border-0' /> </div> footer.template <div class='bg-black padding-s grid'> <div class='flex flex-col' /> </div>
styles.css .bg-black { background: black; } .padding-s { padding: 10px;
} .flex { display: flex; } .border-0 { border: 0; } .grid { display: grid; } .flex-col { flex-direction: column; } header.template <div class='bg-black padding-s flex'> <img class='border-0' /> </div> footer.template <div class='bg-black padding-s grid'> <div class='flex flex-col' /> </div>
CSS size (kb) Features added over time
yay! but...
Hand-coding Atomic CSS is gross Learning an abstraction bg-black border-xl
flex pad-s instead of just writing the CSS you already know
Hand-coding Atomic CSS is gross bg-black border-xl flex pad-s not
CSS not on MDN
what if we could write dev-friendly not-very-performant-looking real CSS ...but
ship atomic classes?
write the CSS you know generate atomic classes
header.js <div className={css({ background: 'black', padding: 10, display: 'flex' })}>
<img className={css({ border: 0 })} /> </div>
header.js <div className={css({ background: 'black', padding: 10, display: 'flex' })}>
<img className={css({ border: 0 })} /> </div> footer.js <div className={css({ background: 'black', padding: 10, display: 'grid' })}> <div className={css({ display: 'flex',( flexDirection: 'column' })} /> </div>
header.js <div className={css({ background: 'black', a padding: 10, b display:
'flex' c })}> <img className={css({ border: 0 d })} /> </div> footer.js <div className={css({ background: 'black', a padding: 10, b display: 'grid' e })}> <div className={css({ display: 'flex',( c flexDirection: 'column' f })} /> </div>
header.js <div className={css({ background: 'black', a padding: 10, b display:
'flex' c })}> <img className={css({ border: 0 d })} /> </div> footer.js <div className={css({ background: 'black', a padding: 10, b display: 'grid' e })}> <div className={css({ display: 'flex',( c flexDirection: 'column' f })} /> </div> output HTML // header <div class='a b c'> <img class='d' /> </div> // footer <div class='a b e'> <div class='c f' /> </div> output CSS .a { background: black } .b { padding: 10px } .c { display: flex } .d { border: 0 } .e { display: grid } .f { flex-direction: column }
header.js <div className={css({ background: 'black', padding: 10, display: 'flex' })}>
<img className={css({ border: 0 })} /> </div> footer.js <div className={css({ background: 'black', padding: 10, display: 'grid' })}> <div className={css({ display: 'flex',( flexDirection: 'column' })} /> </div> 😱 CSS in JS!
It's the output that matters Authoring style is flexible 🙂
not so inline const root = { ... } const
logo = { ... } <div className={css(root)}> <img className={css(logo)} /> </div>
not so inline const root = { ... } const
logo = { ... } <div className={css(root)}> <img className={css(logo)} /> </div> import from another file import {root, logo} from './header.css.js' <div className={css(root)}> <img className={css(logo)} /> </div>
not so inline const root = { ... } const
logo = { ... } <div className={css(root)}> <img className={css(logo)} /> </div> import from another file import {root, logo} from './header.css.js' <div className={css(root)}> <img className={css(logo)} /> </div> (with enough Webpack tomfoolery)
not so inline const root = { ... } const
logo = { ... } <div className={css(root)}> <img className={css(logo)} /> </div> import from another file import {root, logo} from './header.css.js' <div className={css(root)}> <img className={css(logo)} /> </div> (with enough Webpack tomfoolery) Styled Components const Root = styled.div` background: black; padding: 10px; display: flex; ` const Logo = styled.img` border: 0; ` <Root> <Logo /> </Root>
You choose how you write CSS (IMHO just use JS
objects, ask me why later) Fela gives you optimised output
Unlearn "clever" optimisations
CSS size (kb) Features added over time 🐌 code splitting
CSS Modules `composes` lazy-load below-the-fold sections
CSS Modules `composes` code splitting lazy-load below-the-fold sections 🗑
🗑 📄 📄 📄 CSS files
<html> <head> <style>.a{background:black}.b{padding:10px}.c{display:flex}.d{border:0}</style> </head> <body> <div class='a b c'> <img
class='d' /> </div> <body> </html> just inline the initial render's CSS in <head>
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more!