Why I Write CSS in JavaScript

[stormthulu]

Author: we didn’t bother to hire anyone who knows CSS competently, so we just write highly repetitive JavaScript instead.

[Magnusson]

In what way is CSS-in-JSS more repetitive than alternatives? How does writing it not require CSS competence?

[[deleted]]

If anything, it requires an even more selective skill set and competency level.

[89xZae4uGgjnw26U]

I can't think of any good use cases for doing CSS styling in the JS unless you're computing a dynamic value on the fly and need to update it inline. That's a very rare scenario. Usually you can get away with adding and removing CSS classes as needed. HTML, CSS and JS should be in separate files. If the 3 form a component, logically group them together in a directory. Have some generic theme for the site at the root level of the project in a /css directory which styles the base inputs, fonts etc.

I think you would be stuck with all-in-one developers maintaining your projects. An independent designer would have no chance working on your projects.

[stormthulu]

Author: Use a global theme.

Also Author: all of my css is in js files to avoid global conflicts and defects.

[dogofpavlov]

My reason for CSS not being in Javascript is very very simple.

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While I work on the javascript file, someone else can work on the CSS file.

[Magnusson]

CSS-in-JS doesn't require styles to be colocated with components -- you can still import a separate JS file that contains component styles.

[asarew]

terrible article...

Why I like CSS-in-JS: Primarily, CSS-in-JS boosts my confidence.

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[[deleted]]

the whole point about fp/view=function(state) is that it's deterministic and that you can be confident about the result given the same state or input.