OOCSS

OOCSS.md

OOCSS - Object Oriented CSS

Two Main Principels

• Seperation of structure from skin
• Seperation of container & content

Seperation of structure from skin

Example:

#btn {
  width: 100px;
  height: 35px;
  border: 1px solid #efefef;
  border-radius: 8px;
  box-shadow: 0 2px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

#form {
  width: 500px;
  height: 500px;
  border: 1px solid #efefef;
  border-radius: 8px;
  box-shadow: 0 2px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

#modal {
  width: 800px;
  height: 600px;
  border: 1px solid #efefef;
  border-radius: 8px;
  box-shadow: 0 2px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

In above stylesheet, border, border-radius, box-shadow seems to be consistent design pattern in the application. Lets seperate it out.

After applying OOCSS to above stylesheet. It becomes like this

#btn {
  width: 100px;
  height: 35px;
}

#form {
  width: 500px;
  height: 500px;
}

#modal {
  width: 800px;
  height: 600px;
}

.skin {
  border: 1px solid #efefef;
  border-radius: 8px;
  box-shadow: 0 2px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

Seperation of container & content

<header></header>

<main></main>

<footer></footer>

header {
  width: 960px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 20px;
  background-color: #ccc;
}

main {
  width: 960px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 20px;
  position: relative;
}

footer {
  width: 960px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 40px 20px;
}

• Some styles above are specific and some are structural.
• If can keep the specific as it is and more the structural styles as module, I can re-use it.
• After applying principle 2 of OOCSS. It becomes like this

<header class="grid"></header>

<main class="grid"></main>

<footer class="grid"></footer>

header {
  background-color: #ccc;
  padding: 0 20px;
}

main {
  padding: 20px;
  position: relative;
}

footer {
  padding: 40px 20px;
}

.grid {
  width: 960px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}