Comments on: CSS: Just Try and Do a Good Job

By: Heather Lewis

Heather Lewis — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 07:07:22 +0000

CSS is one thing I am not good at. I am currently on my learning process and I will definitely consider your tips. I’m glad I found it before I start a project. Thanks for sharing.

By: Christian

Christian — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 03:36:19 +0000

I like light usage of child selectors in modules. .module > h2 clicks with me a lot of times.

Child selectors make sense when they make sense (this goes back to the ubiquitous "it depends" rule). Do you want to select the H2's that are in the elements with a class of "module" because they are in the elements with a class of "module"? Then use .module > h2. That tactic actually does make sense. The rules of CSS make sense but it doesn't mean they all need to be used all the time, but that doesn't mean some rules should never be used just because a certain person doesn't see a good reason for them.

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 17:51:19 +0000

Nothing worse than going back to a site that you did 2 or 3 years ago and saying “what the hell was I thinking?”

I just go by “does it validate?” and live that way.

By: Glenn Dixon

Glenn Dixon — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:51:01 +0000

Then for all that is holy, don't read Adaptive Web Design - I'm only on Chapter 2 and we haven't left HTML yet. Learning so many markup elements I never understood before. It's like a huge, compact dose of "you're doing it wrong." I think it is healthy, and I won't incorporate everything in this book, but it's humbling to know how much I just skipped over in the past. Chapter 3 is CSS, and I'm nervous...

By: Andrej Mlinarević

Andrej Mlinarević — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 19:46:11 +0000

A good article, using a methodology helps making bigger and scalable systems, but sometimes it just get’s in the way of solving a problem. When producing something more complex I always go with the somewhat loose BEM and use Sass for handling the CSS. When creating a simple 404 page or a simple one pager I use regular nesting, element selectors and similar, no need for structuring simple things when they can be easily rewritten at any time of their lifecycle. When working in teams there should be certain rules and good practices.

By: Anis Rehman

Anis Rehman — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 21:50:50 +0000

well chris somehow you are right in that sense. But Why we do css if we have to a good job ;) hope you got it

By: Jaime

Jaime — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:27:38 +0000

For me learn SASS helped me a lot to dull most of the problems mentioned in the tweet. Once you feel comfort with CSS the next natural thing is include a pre-processor in the workflow. So far it has worked for me.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:08:56 +0000

The same way as mine. My rules are all about maintainability. Nothing bothers me more than old code written in some trendy style which I’ve forgotten about. KISS

By: ijja

ijja — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:08:13 +0000

Thanks Chris for this interesting article.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:48:13 +0000

Thank you for posting this article. There are so many new techniques out there seemingly every day that it’s hard to know what’s “best”…this is great advice.

By: Matthias Klenk

Matthias Klenk — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:26:25 +0000

Good article. It makes total sense when you work on your own…

By: Swami

Swami — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 06:12:03 +0000

Thanks for this wonderful article, gets be back on track :)

By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 03:27:35 +0000

Thanks, Chris. Articles like these are like a breath of fresh air. Sometimes we need to be told to just chill out. I often forget that there’s no ‘Code Police’ to arrest me if I mess up or if I do something differently than someone else.

By: Crispen Smith

Crispen Smith — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 02:41:59 +0000

Great article, thank you for writing it. I’m more than guilty of debating methodologies for hours in a 1 man setting.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 23:33:06 +0000

Is it a good practice for freelance developer? For the closed projects? When you don’t want someone just easy copy>paste of your hard work?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against Anna’s point of view, just can’t decide what’s more important… While I come back to my code, it’s not so fast to get remember what was some class for, finally I find it – but starting to think that it’s a big waste of my time. Any pros or cons of my point of view in your opinion? I know there’s a lot of developers who think similar to this.