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codestyle.co examples
codestyle.co examples
/* Bad example */
.t { ... }
.red { ... }
.header { ... }
/* Good example */
.tweet { ... }
.important { ... }
.tweet-header { ... }
.declaration-order {
/* Positioning */
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
z-index: 100;
/* Box-model */
display: block;
float: right;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
/* Typography */
font: normal 13px "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
line-height: 1.5;
color: #333;
text-align: center;
/* Visual */
background-color: #f5f5f5;
border: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
border-radius: 3px;
/* Misc */
opacity: 1;
}
<!-- Use link elements -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="core.css">
<!-- Avoid @imports -->
<style>
@import url("more.css");
</style>
.element { ... }
.element-avatar { ... }
.element-selected { ... }
@media (min-width: 480px) {
.element { ...}
.element-avatar { ... }
.element-selected { ... }
}
// Without nesting
.table > thead > tr > th { … }
.table > thead > tr > td { … }
// With nesting
.table > thead > tr {
> th { … }
> td { … }
}
*
* Component section heading
*/
.element { ... }
/*
* Component section heading
*
* Sometimes you need to include optional context for the entire component. Do that up here if it's important enough.
*/
.element { ... }
/* Contextual sub-component or modifer */
.element-heading { ... }
/* Prefixed properties */
.selector {
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.15);
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.15);
}
/* Bad example */
span { ... }
.page-container #stream .stream-item .tweet .tweet-header .username { ... }
.avatar { ... }
/* Good example */
.avatar { ... }
.tweet-header .username { ... }
.tweet .avatar { ... }
/* Bad example */
.element {
margin: 0 0 10px;
background: red;
background: url("image.jpg");
border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
}
/* Good example */
.element {
margin-bottom: 10px;
background-color: red;
background-image: url("image.jpg");
border-top-left-radius: 3px;
border-top-right-radius: 3px;
}
/* Single declarations on one line */
.span1 { width: 60px; }
.span2 { width: 140px; }
.span3 { width: 220px; }
/* Multiple declarations, one per line */
.sprite {
display: inline-block;
width: 16px;
height: 15px;
background-image: url(../img/sprite.png);
}
.icon { background-position: 0 0; }
.icon-home { background-position: 0 -20px; }
.icon-account { background-position: 0 -40px; }
/* Bad CSS */
.selector, .selector-secondary, .selector[type=text] {
padding:15px;
margin:0px 0px 15px;
background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
box-shadow:0px 1px 2px #CCC,inset 0 1px 0 #FFFFFF
}
/* Good CSS */
.selector,
.selector-secondary,
.selector[type="text"] {
padding: 15px;
margin-bottom: 15px;
background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.5);
box-shadow: 0 1px 2px #ccc, inset 0 1px 0 #fff;
}
<a class="..." id="..." data-modal="toggle" href="#">
Example link
</a>
<input class="form-control" type="text">
<img src="..." alt="...">
<input type="text" disabled>
<input type="checkbox" value="1" checked>
<select>
<option value="1" selected>1</option>
</select>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
</head>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
</html>
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge">
<!-- External CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="code-guide.css">
<!-- In-document CSS -->
<style>
/* ... */
</style>
<!-- JavaScript -->
<script src="code-guide.js"></script>
<html lang="en-us">
<!-- ... -->
</html>
<!-- Not so great -->
<span class="avatar">
<img src="...">
</span>
<!-- Better -->
<img class="avatar" src="...">
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Page title</title>
</head>
<body>
<img src="images/company-logo.png" alt="Company">
<h1 class="hello-world">Hello, world!</h1>
</body>
</html>
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