HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
• leaving dimensions o
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module styles so the modules can be moved
anywhere and fit
• styling containers separately from content
OOCSS aims to make your CSS development more e
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cient, as well as to
make the CSS itself more modular and less redundant, which reduces file
sizes and loading speed.
• Object Oriented CSS (the original blog post, presentation, and
framework, at stubbornella.com)
• Object Oriented CSS (OOCSS): The Lowdown
(TYPESETT)
• Object-Oriented CSS: What, How, and Why
(Nettuts)
CSS GENERATION
When it comes to writing CSS quickly, what could be quicker than having
some piece of software write it for you? Now, please don't think that I'm
advocating not learning CSS and having a tool write a complete style sheet
for you. That is a bad, bad idea. But, there are some quality tools out there
that can give you a
headstart
with your CSS, just to shave a
little
time o
"
the
front of your CSS development process. Most good CSS generators are
focused on creating styles for one particular area of your design, such as the
layout structure or type styles, not the whole style sheet.
There are far too many tools to link to individually here, so remember when
you're finding your own tools to carefully review the CSS it outputs. If it's
invalid, bloated, or just plain ugly, don't use the tool! CSS Performance
Aids in: e
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ciency
