I always missed object oriented inheritance and variables in CSS. Style sheets could be much more readable and maintainable, if they would have ability to say:
As multiple projects run into CSS explosion and maintenance problems problems, it was only question of time until someone comes with another solution. The original solution came from the Ruby world and is quite simple and elegant:
The browser does not have to deal with a new syntax. It was given standard CSS file and will process it as usually. On the other hand, the programmer had variables, inheritance and few other features available.
- I want this selector color to be just like that one.
- I want this class to be just like that one, with one simple change.
As multiple projects run into CSS explosion and maintenance problems problems, it was only question of time until someone comes with another solution. The original solution came from the Ruby world and is quite simple and elegant:
- extend CSS with needed features,
- compile extended CSS into regular CSS,
- serve the result to the browser.
The browser does not have to deal with a new syntax. It was given standard CSS file and will process it as usually. On the other hand, the programmer had variables, inheritance and few other features available.
