π€ Benefits
- No need to start from scratch. Gardevoir doesn't remove all the browser styles, but instead redefines the useful ones
- Never find yourself fixing browser issues. Includes browser fixes for a wide range of browsers.
- No need debugging load time for Gardevoir. It's sized ~0.8kb. Moreover, we are consistently trying to reduce it.
- Get all the benefits of normalize.css. It includes all normalizations!
- Get a better box sizing for a better experience.
box-sing: border-box
set - Completely production ready code with browser support testing and source build ci
β Why do I use a css reset
There are many inconsistencies between browsers. Like Firefox 3 has a margin on top of paragraphs but Internet Explorer 7 doesn't have any margin. There are thousands of browsers with hundreds of versions. Each version at least has 500+ inconsistencies with different browsers' different versions. How to keep up? This is an easy to use solution called Gardevoir
π There are other resets, why Gardevoir?
Feature | Gardevoir | Normalize.css | Sanitize.css | Reset.css |
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Normalizations | β | β | β | β |
Basic elemental styles | β | Partial | β | β |
Size (by bundle phobia) | Compile with Sass | |||
Minified version | Compile with Sass | β (Minify yourself) | β(Minify yourself) | β(Minify yourself) |
Box sizing | β | β | β | β |
Browser support | Customizable | Last 3 versions | Last 3 versions | Unknown |
π Get It Running Quick
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Create A HTML File
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Gardevoir Quick Start</title> </head> <body> <h1>Gardevoir Quick Start</h1> <p> Hey fella! Don't forget to change the title text an remove this paragraph and the heading </p> </body> </html>
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Call Gardevoir
<!-- To be placed in the head tag --> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gardevoir" />
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Star this repository, if you like the project! It means a lot to the development team, Those stars a boosting happiness for our team
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How about reading a guide for best performance? Here's the link to optimizing Gardevoir for production
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Lastly you can view our wiki for best practices and performance guides
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π₯³ All Set Now
π Installation
There are various ways to install Gardevoir. Like package managers, content delivery networks, local copies...
π¦ Package Managers
npm install gardevoir
yarn add gardevoir
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gardevoir" />
β¨ Usage
Gardevoir as said, is a zero-dependency project and excels in integrating with all kinds of usage options! These are a few easy guides for people to start
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="path/to/gardevoir.min.css" />
<link
rel="stylesheet"
type="text/css"
href="path/to/your-custom-stylesheet.css"
/>
</head>
Warning!
Make Sure To Link Your Custom Stylesheet After Gardevoir Else Your Custom Styles Might Not Be Implemented
π Optimize
Note all of these guidelines are for static websites, frameworks like react have their own guide (please refer them)
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Never import Gardevoir via css, though this a option, it is not recommended for website loading, rather use html link tags
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gardevoir" />
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Use this easy loading trick to make your life a lot easier
<link rel="preload" as="style" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gardevoir" onload="this.rel='stylesheet';this.onload=null" /> <noscript> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gardevoir" /> </noscript>