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Direct link to the article Resilient, Declarative, Contextual
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Resilient, Declarative, Contextual

Keith J. Grant:

I want to look at three key characteristics of CSS that set it apart from conventional programming languages: it’s resilient; it’s declarative; and it’s contextual. Understanding these aspects of the language, I think, is key to becoming

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Chris Coyier on Jun 25, 2018
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Direct link to the article Combining the Powers of SEM and BIO for Improving CSS
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Combining the Powers of SEM and BIO for Improving CSS

CSS is easy, some might argue, but that “easiness” can cause messy code. This is especially true through power of preprocessors like Sass or Less where, if you aren’t careful, your CSS can become harder to deal with instead of …

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Ryan Yu on Jun 4, 2018 Updated on Jun 9, 2018
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Direct link to the article CSS Basics: The Syntax That Matters & The Syntax That Doesn’t
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CSS Basics: The Syntax That Matters & The Syntax That Doesn’t

When you’re starting to play around with CSS at the very beginning, like any other language, you have to get used to the syntax. Like any syntax, there are a bunch of little things you need to know. Some …

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Chris Coyier on Feb 12, 2018 Updated on Apr 2, 2019
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Direct link to the article CSS Ruleset Terminology
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CSS Ruleset Terminology

I was trying to think of the name of a thing in the CSS vernacular the other day. It made me think we should have some kind of reference right here on CSS-Tricks, as a site with CSS in the …

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Chris Coyier on May 3, 2017
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