I wrote a shot piece for A List Apart on how the concept of frameworks can apply to designers, and specifically to CSS. We hear about frameworks all the time these days, but the concept is usually relegated to programmers doing JavaScript or server-side scripting. It turns out a good set of abstracted CSS idioms can also be very effective in speeding up your web design process.
001 // Rob Goodlatte // 06.12.2007 // 6:55 PM
Great article Jeff. I often re-use some base CSS styles across sites but I’ve never systematized my CSS development. I’ve looked at YUI several times, but the only CSS component that didn’t get in my way was the reset one. I should probably take the time to figure out a better way than essentially starting from scratch every time.
002 // Nick // 06.13.2007 // 10:50 PM
Jeff this article was perfect, I didn’t know what I was looking for but this is exactly what I needed to read. It just seems like things get repetitive but I am not always sure of the best way to go about automating it. It is nice to have a sort of “guide”, like your article, to start from. A while back I looked through the YUI site but I didn’t remember seeing the CSS components, I will need to revisit. Thanks!