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Yikes. There's nothing stopping someone from creating a CSS and HTML file and being done. The trap is following standards and common practices for enterprise-
by qudat 8y ago
Yikes. There's nothing stopping someone from creating a CSS and HTML file and being done. The trap is following standards and common practices for enterprise-level front end development when they don't suit the requirements. Simply editing a CSS file requires none of the things you are complaining about. It certainly doesn't require globally installing npm packages.
- ptx 8y agoIt does if you're coming into an existing project that was build that way.
- arkh 8y agoLet's say you want to use bootstrap 4 and sprinkle some gradients. You'll have to rebuild it. Which imposes the use of npm.
- scarecrowbob 8y agoYeah, if you want to use the tools you need to use the tool chain. On the other hand, I work with a whole lot of other peoples' WordPress projects. A lot of folks just crap some CSS wherever they can find a spot and call it done. FWIW, I'd rather troubleshoot someone's gulpfile than dick around with a 4K line CSS file. But that's my choice and I know plenty of folks who pay their bills and would rather grep (well, they don't use grep because they don't know the CLI) and who love a monolithic CSS file. I like the tools, some folks don't. But they aren't inherently bad tools, they are just not right for everything.