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jlampstack
23,919 PointsNaming conventions?
Hello,
I'm wondering if the names Guil is using are industry standard. Being new to this, I don't see these names as being descriptive and wouldn't understand what they mean just by looking at it.
In these videos Guil uses names such as %hdln-prim for primary headline or $hdln-sec for secondary headline. In an earlier video p-el was used for a pseudo element mixin. Reading p-el one could very easily think the p is for a paragraph element.
Are these standard naming conventions? Are these names part of BEM? Is there a website that someone could point me that indicates a glossary of the short-form names?
1 Answer
Steven Parker
221,070 PointsBEM has its own naming conventions.
Perhaps this page on the BEM website will be helpful.
jlampstack
23,919 Pointsjlampstack
23,919 PointsSteven Parker, I understand the BEM naming conventions, I'm wondering about the logic behind some of the other names that were defined.
Steven Parker
221,070 PointsSteven Parker
221,070 PointsIf they aren't in the documentation, I might guess they were "BEM-inspired". I"m not a BEM developer myself, and I've not seen names like that elsewhere.
jlampstack
23,919 Pointsjlampstack
23,919 PointsThanks, I was curious. This helps!