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Professional CSS3

By : Piotr Sikora
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Professional CSS3

By: Piotr Sikora

Overview of this book

CSS is the preferred technology to design modern web pages. Although CSS is often perceived as a simple language, applying modern styles to web pages with CSS and maintaining the code for larger websites can be quite tricky. We will take you right from understanding CSS to designing high-quality web pages in CSS3. We'll quickly take you through CSS3's features, and show you how to resolve common issues so you can build your basic framework. Finally, you will learn about code architecture and CSS methodologies used in scalable apps and you'll explore the various new features of CSS3, such as FlexBox, to help you create the most modern layout methodologies. By the end of the book, you will be a master at creating pure CSS web pages and will know sophisticated web design techniques, giving you an edge over other web designers.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Professional CSS3
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 10. Don't Repeat Yourself – Let's Create a Simple CSS Framework

How many times have you done some work, only to repeat it in the next project? How many times have you thought about elements that are repeatable? All the time when you are coding, you should think how many operations you can omit the next time you're working on the same or another project. This means that you need to use the following:

  • Automatization

  • Code templates or frameworks

This chapter is about building reusable code and how to finally use it as a foundation for projects. In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Making a plan for a small and simple CSS framework

  • Creating your own grid system

  • Creating reusable elements

Remember that this code can and should be extended. Showed process should make you more aware about how you can help yourself with frameworks you've already created but that can still evolve with your code. Of course, you can use other frameworks.