Front end development


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framework, pros and cons

framework, pros


  • Rapid
  • Scalable
  • Cross Browser Compability

Framework, cons


  • Learn the Framework, not the languages
  • Difficult to modify

different framework different purpose


foundation


less

css preprocessor 


css preprocessor?


Method that offer an advanced way of writing CSS


css might get messy
as site go bigger

the pros using preprocessor


  • Variables
  • Mixins
  • Nested Rules
  • Functions and Operations

variables

style.less
@baseColor: #06f;
@baseBackground: #666;

button{
    color: @baseColor;
    background: @baseBackground;
}

style.css
button{
    color: #06f;
    background: #666;
}

mixins

.rounded(@x: 5px){
    -webkit-border-radius: @x;
    border-radius: @x;
}
button{
    .rounded();
}
div{
    .rounded(10px);
}
become
button{
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
    border-radius: 5px;
}

div{
    -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
    border-radius: 10px;
}

nested rules

section{
    width: 200px;
    height: 100px;

    h2{
        font-family: georgia, serif;
    }
}
become
section{
    width: 200px;
    height: 100px;
}

section h2{
    font-family: georgia, serif;
}

nested rule cont.

a{
    color: blue;

    &:hover{
        color: lightblue;
    }

    &:active{
        color: darkblue;
    }
}
become
a{
    color: blue;
}
a:hover{
    color: lightblue;
}
a:active{
    color: darkblue;
}

nested rule cont.

section{
    padding: 1em;

    nav{
        color: #666;
        
        ul{
            list-style: none;

            li{
                display: inline-block;

                a{
                    color: #369;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

nested rule cont.


section{...}
section nav{...}
section nav ul{...}
section nav ul li{...}
section nav ul li a{...}

UGLY
BAD PERFORMACE


max 3 level


header nav ul{...}

section aside h3{...}

functions and operations

@baseColor: #369;

a{
    color: @baseColor;

    &:hover{
        color: darken(@baseColor, 5%);
        background: @baseColor + #030;
    }
}
asd
a{
    color: #369;
}

a:hover{
    color: #258;
    background: #399;
}


icon font

The Era of High Definition Website


icon what?


It's a font, but font for icons.


retina display /
other high resolution display


Avoid raster image (.jpg, .png)


icomoon

weloveiconfonts




cross browser compability


iE8 and below
is not the only problem



how can we fix this?


conditional comment



polyfill with modernizr


modernizr


Load necessary script

online resources


deck

By Bobby Lie