PPK looks at the different mental models behind CSS and JavaScript. One is declarative and one is imperative.
There’s a lot here that ties in with what I was talking about at New Adventures around the rule of least power in technology choice.
I’m not sure if I agree with describing CSS as being state-based. The example that illustrates this—a :hover style—feels like an exception rather than a typical example of CSS.
The state-based description makes sense to me. I’ve argued before that selectors are if statements: If this description is true of an element (it has this class name, it is a descendant of that, etc.), apply these styles. :hover is not really any different than JS adding or removing a class.
Well, apart from :hover and friends we have the form pseudo-classes such as :valid and :invalid. … which means we get back to links and forms, the original interactive elements …
Wow, nice reference to 2004. The power of keeping a blog eh.
It’s very exciting to see the support for popovers—I’ve got a use-case I’m looking forward to playing around with.
Although there’s currently a bug in Safari on iOS (which means there’s a bug in every browser on iOS because …well, you know).
Here’s a taste of what Rich will be delivering at Patterns Day on Thursday—can’t wait!
This is a really interesting proposal, and I have thoughts.
Bruce raises an interesting question with media playing in popovers—shouldn’t the media pause when the popover is closed? I agree with Bruce that this is a common use case that should be covered declaratively.
Here’s the video of the talk I gave at Monday’s meet-up here in Brighton—it’s a very condensed version of my longer conference talk on declarative design.
Ideas for some declarative shortcuts.
Is your design system really a system …or is it more like a collection of components?
Pushing for a share button type—the story so far…
Naming custom elements, naming attributes, the single responsibility principle, and communicating across components.
HTML web components for augmenting date inputs.
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