sass-zero

SASS-ZERO

SASS-ZERO is a css framework that mixes concepts from Tailwind CSS, Milligram, BEM, Refactoring UI, and Shape UP.

Installation

bundle add sassc-rails
bundle add sass-zero

Usage

Add these lines to your application.css:

*= require sass-zero/base
*= require sass-zero/utilities
*= require sass-zero/breadboard

Variables / Mixins

Instead of hand-picking values from a limitless pool any time you need to make a decision, start with a smaller set of options.

Essential

• Sizing
• Colors
• Width
• Height
• Border
• Effects
• Typography
• Z-Index

Others

• Breakpoints
• Filters
• Transform
• Grid
• Flex
• Transition
• Mixins

Utility classes

This can be useful for dealing with similar components, and positioning.

• Align
• Border
• Container
• Flex Utilities
• Layout Utilities
• List Utilities
• Margin Pull
• Margin Push
• Margin Reset
• Padding
• Padding Reset
• Position Utilities
• Text Utilities

Breadboard

These optional default styles ensure that even without custom styling, the content is usable and understandable, also you can use it as the baseline or your design. It is responsive (mobile), accessible (dark mode), customizable(--var), and very slim.

• Breadboard
• Example

Desktop

Dark mode

Using variables

Create some stylesheet using BEM and SASS-ZERO Variables:

@import "sass-zero/variables";

.block {
  color: $rose-500;

  &__element-one {
    color: $fuchsia-500;
  }

  &__element-two {
    color: $purple-500;
  }

  &--modifier {
    color: $violet-500;
  }
}

<div class="block">
  <div class="block__element-one" />
  <div class="block__element-two" />
</div>

<div class="block block--modifier">
  <div class="block__element-one" />
  <div class="block__element-two" />
</div>

Editor setup

Visual Studio Code

• Copy .sass-zero-references.scss to the root of your application.
• Install SCSS IntelliSense.

Pulsar/TextMate

• Copy .sass-zero-references.scss to the root of your application.

Customization

Breadboard

When you are sure about the style of your application you should make a copy of breadboard.scss and customize fonts, borders, and colors.

You will need to replace the original breadboard in application.css:

*= require sass-zero/base
*= require sass-zero/utilities
*= require design-system/breadboard

Variables

Instead of using the default variables you can add more or change the existents, I recommend you make a copy of _variables.scss to your application and change it as you want.

@import "sass-zero/variables/border";
@import "sass-zero/variables/breakpoints";
@import "design-system/colors";
...

Scaffold

When executing rails scaffold the generator will use built-in optimized templates.

References

The 35 CSS properties you must know to do 80% of the work

Development

To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.