Hello all,
Today we are gonna briefly talk about the benefits and amazing tricks of CSS. But as usual, before we begin, the disclaimer. We do not claim to be the authority on this topic. We are just giving you our perspectives and opinions derived from our 20+ combined experiences.
Cascading Style Sheets, otherwise known as “CSS”, has been an intricate part of web design for some time now, but has progressed rapidly in the last decade. The sheets have become a must in every design and provide unique ways of manipulating web pages and their graphics.
With CSS the world is your oyster. Everything from global changes to graphic navigation aesthetics can be managed from one document. For web developers, this means global changes are done in minutes, not hours or even days. Class and ID tags can be used in a variety of ways to make your design truly flourish.
In this current digital age, “responsive” sites have become a must when designing a site. If you’re site does not accommodate multiple platforms and mobile devices, frankly, you’re doing it wrong. Unless of course you or your client specifically is against the idea, which would be highly unlikely. Some sites are skipping the responsive design and opting for mobile apps, but the still usually offer some sort of HTML version as a back up.
Now for the PROS and CONS:
PROS: global changes, multiple sheet support, time saver (reduces regurgitation of code), fast graphic changes, animation without Flash, reusable and redeploy-able.
CONS: If you’re designing with one CSS sheet, individual pages changes must be “forced”. Too many sheets can be confusing when trying to change a single element. Other than that, not much at all.
At the end of the day, CSS is most definitely here to stay, so you might as well hop on board the train.
As always, we hope this helped someone. Thanks for reading!
– Matt
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