Less web development essentials : leverage the features of Less to write better, reusable, and maintainable CSS code /: leverage the features of Less to write better, reusable, and maintainable CSS code. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Leverage the features of Less to write better, reusable, and maintainable CSS code; Less (Leaner CSS) web development essentials
• Further Information: Note: Bass Jobsen.
• Authors: Jobsen, Bass
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Improving Web Development with Less; Using CSS3 for styling your HTML; Using the CSS selectors to style your HTML; Specificity, inheritance, and cascade in CSS; How CSS specificity works; Building your layouts with flexible boxes; Compiling Less; Getting started with Less; Using the watch function for automatic reloading; Debugging your code; Plugins; Your first layout in Less; Vendor-specific rules; Autoprefixing; The -prefix-free library Build rounded corners with border-radiusPreventing cross-browser issues with CSS resets; Creating background gradients; CSS transitions, transformations, and animations; Box-sizing; Server-side compiling; Using CSS source maps for debugging; Plugins; Compressing and minimizing your CSS; Compiling your Less code into CSS automatically; Graphical user interfaces; The OOCSS, SMACSS, and BEM methodologies; Summary; Chapter 2: Using Variables and Mixins; Using comments in Less; Nested comments; Special comments; Using variables; Organizing your files; Naming your variables; Using a variable Organizing variablesThe last declaration wins!; Variable declaration is not static!; Lazy loading; Variable interpolation; Escaping values; Using mixins; Basic mixins; Parametric mixins; Default values; Naming and calling your mixins; Using mixins with multiple parameters; More complex mixins for linear gradient backgrounds; The @arguments and @rest special variables; Passing rulesets as arguments; Return values; Changing the behavior of a mixin; Switches; Argument matching; Guarded mixins; CSS guards; Using guards and argument matching to construct loops Using mixins to loop through a set of valuesThe !important keyword; Summary; Chapter 3: Nested Rules, Operations, and Built-in Functions; The navigation structure; Working with nested rules; Using mixins and classes; Variables; Classes and namespaces; Referencing the parent selector with the & symbol; Guards nesting and the & usage; Passing rulesets to mixins; Operating on numbers, colors, and variables; Property merging; Built-in functions; JavaScript; List functions; Using the color functions; The darken() and lighten() functions; Manipulating colors; Functions for color operations Color blending with LessEvaluating the type of a input value; Extending Less with custom functions; The box-shadow mixin; Summary; Chapter 4: Testing Your Code and Using Prebuilt Mixins Libraries; Revisiting the CSS background gradients; Unused code; Chrome's developer tools; Firebug CSS usage add-on; Testing your code; Understanding TDD; All about style guides; Building a style guide with StyleDocco; Testing your code with tdcss.js; Prebuilt mixins; Creating gradients and layouts with Less Elements; Using the comprehensive Less Hat library; The lesshat mixin for the less.js plugin
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume), illustrations
• Subjects: 005.276; COMPUTERS -- Web -- Content Management Systems; Web site development; Web sites -- Design; Web sites -- Computer programs; Cascading style sheets; COMPUTERS / General; Web site development; Web sites -- Management; Web sites; Cascading style sheets; Web site development; Web sites -- Computer programs; Web sites -- Design; COMPUTERS -- Client-Server Computing; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781785286698; 1785286692
• Related ISBNs: 9781783554072; 178355407X
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from cover (Safari, viewed May 26, 2015).
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