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Frances Angulo
Frances Angulo
5,311 Points
Posted by Frances Angulo
Frances Angulo
5,311 Points

CSS within rails lines vs. via div or span

When does one opt to add html: (CSS) inline with code vs. wrapping a div and referencing a stylesheet?

2 Answers

appbites
appbites
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appbites
appbites
2,949 Points

I am not sure I understand your question.

If you are asking what is better - write inline code or include in .css, my answer is - always include in your stylesheets. Reasons:

  1. Code in one place - separated from html and clean.
  2. Easier to maintain.
  3. Faster for browser to read.

Please clarify if this is not what you are asking for ;)

Frances Angulo
Frances Angulo
5,311 Points
Frances Angulo
Frances Angulo
5,311 Points

Thanks! What i mean is I see sometimes they write in an html tag directly in to a ruby/rails line of code and reference a class vs. using the stylesheet or a span/div.

Like this: 

session_path(resource_name), html: {class: "well"} ) do