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Re: Universal.css

#11

Post by ryannevius » Mon, May 23, 2016, 10:54 AM UTC

This reminds me of Tachyons[1], except Tachyons (supposedly) isn't satire.

Re: Universal.css

#12

Post by yAnonymous » Mon, May 23, 2016, 11:06 AM UTC

They're making fun of Bootstrap, but having classes that allow you to define margins and padding quickly by adding a class is actually really helpful. Of course that shouldn't be expanded to every possible property.

Re: Universal.css

#13

Post by fortytw2 » Mon, May 23, 2016, 11:30 AM UTC

jacobevelyn wrote: post #10

fortytw2 wrote: post #8

> Where is the documentation? > You don't need documentation. What constitutes self-describing code is wildly different depending on the person. I mean, really? EDIT: I definitely missed that this is a joke :'(

I think you may have missed this: > Is this a joke? Of course it's a joke.

Sure did. My mistake

Re: Universal.css

#14

Post by nachtigall » Mon, May 23, 2016, 11:31 AM UTC

You'd think this is a joke, but have a look at this comment at https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/05/css-coding-techniques/comm...

> Now that we’re writing almost all of our html in modular fashion, I have found mix-n-matching pre-defined css classes works the best. i.e. class=”inline-block bg-bbb text-333 padding-5-15″

Re: Universal.css

#15

Post by bshimmin » Mon, May 23, 2016, 11:33 AM UTC

ryannevius wrote: post #11

This reminds me of Tachyons[1], except Tachyons (supposedly) isn't satire. [1] http://tachyons.io/

I think I'd have to assume anyone using that on a project I was paying them for really was trying to be funny. I mean, really, take a look at this: https://github.com/tachyons-css/tachyons-visibility

Re: Universal.css

#16

Post by cel1ne » Mon, May 23, 2016, 11:36 AM UTC

bshimmin wrote: post #15

ryannevius wrote: post #11

This reminds me of Tachyons[1], except Tachyons (supposedly) isn't satire. [1] http://tachyons.io/

I think I'd have to assume anyone using that on a project I was paying them for really was trying to be funny. I mean, really, take a look at this: https://github.com/tachyons-css/tachyons-visibility

I used and am using this in production. So are others. It works really really well.

Here's the rational: http://mrmrs.io/writing/2016/03/24/scalable-css/

Re: Universal.css

#17

Post by roddux » Mon, May 23, 2016, 11:43 AM UTC

>Bootstrap V4 recently introduced spacing utility classes like m-t-1 (which translates to margin-top: 1rem!important), and we thought we'd expand this idea to more classes.

Which is worse; when it's done as satire, or seriously?

Re: Universal.css

#18

Post by ryannevius » Mon, May 23, 2016, 11:43 AM UTC

cel1ne wrote: post #16

bshimmin wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think I'd have to assume anyone using that on a project I was paying them for really was trying to be funny. I mean, really, take a look at this: https://github.com/tachyons-css/tachyons-visibility

I used and am using this in production. So are others. It works really really well. Here's the rational: http://mrmrs.io/writing/2016/03/24/scalable-css/

In all seriousness, what advantages do you see over writing inline styles?

Re: Universal.css

#19

Post by oevi » Mon, May 23, 2016, 11:44 AM UTC

jstoja wrote: post #3

In the end, why not directly have the JS reading the class and generating only what's needed? That would be very cool! I'm still having some doubts about the maintainability (duplication, isolation...) of such styling btw...

https://github.com/Idnan/furnish-js

Re: Universal.css

#20

Post by chrismonsanto » Mon, May 23, 2016, 11:45 AM UTC

The effect of the joke is lessened when it is labeled as a joke, doubly so when every comment here copypastes the line saying it's a joke.

See also the latest reprinting of "A Modest Proposal," which kindly has "SATIRE -- DO NOT BELIEVE" in large caps on the front and back covers.