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How to name CSS classes
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Naming things is the hardest thing in computer science, but, in CSS, you're naming things all day long... Read full article
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Liam Maddison
9y agoNice article. When you said: /* Instead, assign a class name to p : */ .paragraphly { } I don’t agree with this. Adding a class to a <p> doesn’t bode well with me. The html classes above should be componentized to allow any developer to go into that <p>.
.component-block .component-block__element p. Global variables are bad! Especially on big projects.Jon
9y agoBut there’s nothing more global than using a tag name in a css file, isn`t it? When you use a classname on that p, you have a specific style for that element. If you use .component-block__element p, you are going to specify styles on every p below that container. Maybe you are not going to use more p elements inside the container now, but maybe you will in the future, and then, refactor time comes!