68: Building Interfaces with Utility-First CSS

In this episode, Adam welcomes back Jonathan Reinink to talk about implementing designs with a utility-first approach to CSS.

Show Notes

They talk about the problems this approach has solved for them, the surprising workflow benefits, and some tips and tricks for using this approach well.

Sponsors:

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• Codeship

Links:

• BEM, the Block Element Modifier CSS methodology
• About HTML semantics and front-end architecture, a blog post by Nicolas Gallagher that heavily inspired the way Adam writes CSS
• Implementing Designs with Utility-Focused CSS, a recorded live stream where you can watch Adam implement a design using his work-in-progress CSS framework
• Beard, David Hemphill's utility framework
• Tachyons, a popular utility framework
• fractures utility framework
• turrettcss utility framework

What is Full Stack Radio?

A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.