I’m convinced 40%+ of the anti-CSS complaining is out of frustration from folks who haven’t actually learned how Specificity works. I wrote CSS for five years before I knew this is a thing I needed to learn. It was @mholzschlag who taught me, at a presentation she gave in NYC.
Emma Bostian @EmmaBostian
21 Jan 2019
Always frustrated because your CSS styles aren't working the way you intended? You should learn more about CSS Specificity! Check out my newest blog post 🙃 dev.to/emmawedekind/css-spec…
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Wow... Exactly! We got a lot of lazy folks out there ...
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Also, specificity isn't easy if you're trying to learn it from specs or just use tools to find conflicts. Know the code as we used to say in the olden days of Web design :)
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Replying to @mholzschlag @iyanu_oluwa @jensimmons
It's an algorithm. People fear algorithms but when we strip away the math what we basically get is an ordered list. Specificity is part of the way a browser determines which style will be displayed. Not knowing this has caused real suffering and loss of money, jobs and so on

Jan 23, 2019 · 7:00 AM UTC
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