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Total quotes: 8

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Adam Silver

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Birthday: April 25, 1962

Educated At: University Of Chicago Law School, Duke University

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: Cinematographer, Lawyer

Total quotes: 8

“What if I really want to reuse a style?

It is extremely rare, but there are times when it really does make sense to reuse a style. In this case use the comma in your selectors and place it in a well named file.”

— Adam Silver, Maintainable CSS

Tagged: Frontend, CSS, Design Systems

“Semantic class names are a corner stone of MaintainableCSS. Without this, everything else makes little sense. So name something based on what it is and everything else follows.”

— Adam Silver, Maintainable CSS

Tagged: Frontend, CSS, Design Systems

“A well-designed button does not need a hand cursor to help the user realise it does something.”

— Adam Silver, Buttons shouldn’t have a hand cursor — Simple = Human

“Because visual class names don’t hold much meaning.

Take red. Does this mean a red background? Does this mean red text? Does this mean a red gradient? What tint of red does this mean?”

— Adam Silver, Maintainable CSS

Tagged: Frontend, CSS, Design Systems

“Forms are not a source of entertainment.”

— Adam Silver, Floating labels are problematic

Tagged: Forms, Design

“Because reuse makes debugging more difficult.”

— Adam Silver, Maintainable CSS

Tagged: Frontend, CSS, Design Systems

“Don’t try and reuse styles. Adopt a duplication-first approach”

— Adam Silver, Maintainable CSS

Tagged: Frontend, CSS, Design Systems

“Firstly, I guess you might save yourself a few KB.”

— Adam Silver, Maintainable CSS

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