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If we're lucky, we might get exactly that with Houdini. It's a proposed spec that -- if implemented -- will allow programmatic control of the browser's styling

If we're lucky, we might get exactly that with Houdini. It's a proposed spec that -- if implemented -- will allow programmatic control of the browser's styling and layout process. Check it: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/03/houdini-maybe-the-most-exciting-development-in-css-youve-never-heard-of/ https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/03/houdini-maybe-the-m... Here's the GitHub repo: https://github.com/w3c/css-houdini-drafts https://github.com/w3c/css-houdini-drafts

at-fates-hands 10y ago
Are we finally at the tipping point where everything you build, will be built with JS from soup to nuts? Houdini looks like its trying to do just that.
- GeneralMaximus 10y ago
  > Are we finally at the tipping point where everything you build, will be built with JS from soup to nuts? That doesn't sound implausible. In fact, it sounds like a great idea. As long as performance and security don't suffer, more and more browser internals should be opened up to JS developers so that we don't have to wait for all browsers vendors to implement specific features before we get to use them.