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Q&A Styling with classes vs styling with CSS

I've noticed that a lot of sites have something like this going on: <div class="has-margin-0 has-padding-4"> <div>...</div> <div>...</div> ... </div>...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by luap42‭

#2: Post edited by user avatar Moshi‭ · 2020-09-13T20:09:50Z (over 3 years ago)
fixed typo
  • I've noticed that a lot of sites have something like this going on:
  • ```html
  • <div class="has-margin-0 .has-padding-4">
  • <div>...</div>
  • <div>...</div>
  • ...
  • </div>
  • ```
  • ```css
  • .has-margin-0 {
  • margin: 0;
  • }
  • .has-padding-4 {
  • padding: 4px;
  • }
  • ```
  • I'm a beginner who's self taught / internet searched most of their HTML and CSS knowledge. Currently I use human readable class names and style those instead of this weird (to me) method of moving the styling to classes. However, the "style by classes" method seems to be pretty popular for some reason, and I'd like to know why.
  • What are the pros and cons of using that method?
  • I've noticed that a lot of sites have something like this going on:
  • ```html
  • <div class="has-margin-0 has-padding-4">
  • <div>...</div>
  • <div>...</div>
  • ...
  • </div>
  • ```
  • ```css
  • .has-margin-0 {
  • margin: 0;
  • }
  • .has-padding-4 {
  • padding: 4px;
  • }
  • ```
  • I'm a beginner who's self taught / internet searched most of their HTML and CSS knowledge. Currently I use human readable class names and style those instead of this weird (to me) method of moving the styling to classes. However, the "style by classes" method seems to be pretty popular for some reason, and I'd like to know why.
  • What are the pros and cons of using that method?
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Moshi‭ · 2020-09-13T20:09:14Z (over 3 years ago)
Styling with classes vs styling with CSS
I've noticed that a lot of sites have something like this going on:

```html
<div class="has-margin-0 .has-padding-4">
    <div>...</div>
    <div>...</div>
    ...
</div>
```
```css
.has-margin-0 {
    margin: 0;
}
.has-padding-4 {
    padding: 4px;
}
```

I'm a beginner who's self taught / internet searched most of their HTML and CSS knowledge. Currently I use human readable class names and style those instead of this weird (to me) method of moving the styling to classes. However, the "style by classes" method seems to be pretty popular for some reason, and I'd like to know why.

What are the pros and cons of using that method?