Architecting CSS: The Programmer’s Guide to Effective Style Sheets

© Martine Dowden and Michael Dowden 2020

M. Dowden, M. DowdenArchitecting CSShttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5750-0_8

8. Frameworks, Libraries, and JavaScript

Martine Dowden¹  and Michael Dowden¹

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Brownsburg, IN, USA

 

In a real-world application, your CSS does not function in isolation. This chapter covers some of the important considerations of a modern front-end web application, including how your choice of CSS or JavaScript frameworks may impact your application styles.

JavaScript

OK, yes this is a CSS book, so why are we suddenly talking about JavaScript? The reality is that a significant amount of front-end development is done using some sort of framework and/or UI library, many of which rely on JavaScript. Furthermore, JavaScript is often ...