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CSS-Checker: Find and Reduce Similar and Duplicated CSS Scripts

41 points by zhcalvin 5y ago

zagrebian 5y ago
Since when is CSS a “script”?
- brianzelip 5y ago
  ie: files
- samatman 5y ago
  I would refer to other declarative constraint languages as scripts. Something doesn't have to be Turing complete to be a recipe for a computation.
- deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]
5350-uiop-1130 5y ago
these type of tools always end up biting you in the ass
- jamapy 5y ago
  Why? Any example? This tool just tell, not changing anything.
  - 5350-uiop-1130 5y ago
    I mean, when you start deleting css because you think it's redundant. Not a comment on the tool itself, just the nature of css and it's emergent complexity. It's very difficult to refactor large css codebase, especially in an automated or part-automated fashion.
onion2k 5y ago
I use https://www.projectwallace.com/ https://www.projectwallace.com/ to check CSS quality. It does a lot more than just checking for similar declarations.
sam_goody 5y ago
If I understand this correctly, it is similar to Parcel's bundler/minifier: https://css-tricks.com/parcel-css/ https://css-tricks.com/parcel-css/ Except that Parcel is a parser, deduper, transformer [autoprefixer, future-CSS-to-current-convertor] and minifier. And that, in turn, is based on CSSNano [although it is a complete rewrite in Rust], IIRC. Can someone confirm that I understand correctly, and if so, how does this compare to Parcel? To CSSNano or PurgeCSS?
- FinalBriefing 5y ago
  There are a number of things that PurgeCSS can't safely remove, so this tool looks like it is intended for code review.
  - zhcalvin 5y ago
    Exactly. CSS-Checker is to check and show the similar classes for programmers to read
brianzelip 5y ago
> It is designed to avoid redundant or similar css between files See also CSS Stats, https://cssstats.com/ https://cssstats.com/, and atomic/functional/utility CSS libraries more generally which are designed exactly to eliminate as much redundant CSS as possible.
- zhcalvin 5y ago
  Thanks for mentioning, css-checker is more lightweight and intended to be used as a command-line tool.

41 points by zhcalvin 5y ago

zagrebian 5y ago

Since when is CSS a “script”?

brianzelip 5y ago
ie: files
samatman 5y ago
I would refer to other declarative constraint languages as scripts. Something doesn't have to be Turing complete to be a recipe for a computation.
deleted 5y ago
[deleted]

5350-uiop-1130 5y ago

these type of tools always end up biting you in the ass

jamapy 5y ago
Why? Any example? This tool just tell, not changing anything.
- 5350-uiop-1130 5y ago
  I mean, when you start deleting css because you think it's redundant. Not a comment on the tool itself, just the nature of css and it's emergent complexity. It's very difficult to refactor large css codebase, especially in an automated or part-automated fashion.

onion2k 5y ago

I use https://www.projectwallace.com/ https://www.projectwallace.com/ to check CSS quality. It does a lot more than just checking for similar declarations.

sam_goody 5y ago

If I understand this correctly, it is similar to Parcel's bundler/minifier: https://css-tricks.com/parcel-css/ https://css-tricks.com/parcel-css/ Except that Parcel is a parser, deduper, transformer [autoprefixer, future-CSS-to-current-convertor] and minifier. And that, in turn, is based on CSSNano [although it is a complete rewrite in Rust], IIRC. Can someone confirm that I understand correctly, and if so, how does this compare to Parcel? To CSSNano or PurgeCSS?

FinalBriefing 5y ago
There are a number of things that PurgeCSS can't safely remove, so this tool looks like it is intended for code review.
- zhcalvin 5y ago
  Exactly. CSS-Checker is to check and show the similar classes for programmers to read

brianzelip 5y ago

> It is designed to avoid redundant or similar css between files See also CSS Stats, https://cssstats.com/ https://cssstats.com/, and atomic/functional/utility CSS libraries more generally which are designed exactly to eliminate as much redundant CSS as possible.

zhcalvin 5y ago
Thanks for mentioning, css-checker is more lightweight and intended to be used as a command-line tool.