I think I was following along until now. I was assuming that the equivalent of "classes" in front-end is simply writing CSS to allow blocks of HTML to be modular; able to fit in a variety of wrappers without the need to rewrite HTML. I was also assuming that "object oriented CSS" meant that the stylesheets were written so that different aspects of the design were separate and distinct.
It appears that I misunderstood the stated purpose of "object oriented" in HTML and CSS. Others in this discussion have already learned that I'm not that bright, so let's forgo attempts to brighten a dim bulb. Smashing Magazine has a great article on Object Oriented CSS. http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/12/12/an-introduction-to-object-oriented-css-oocss/. </email> <signature id="paceaux"> Frank M Taylor http://frankmtaylor.com @paceaux </signature> On Mar 9, 2012, at 11:56 AM, david wrote: > Perhaps the confusion comes from the word "class". A class is just a name > that tells the browser, "When you render this item, use these settings." > Outside of that, a class doesn't do anything like what an object in OOP does. > A class doesn't know how to render itself it. A class doesn't respond to any > messages, contain any functions, or return any results. The browser > interprets the CSS and might process any MS filters (Javascript) found in the > class definition. > > On 03/09/2012 08:30 AM, Paceaux wrote: >> Hi David, >> Though I am not a very good programmer, I am somewhat familiar with >> object-oriented programming languages and methodologies. >> >> So I don't know how accurately I can answer the question, but I can tell you >> that I certainly believe it is possible to write HTML and CSS in an >> object-oriented approach (based on my understanding of object-oriented). My >> employer specializes in CMS implementations where object-oriented front-end >> code has significant benefits in large, enterprise web content management >> systems. In fact, the company for which I work is adopting my >> object-oriented methodologies for one of our clients. >> >> I can't give you a short answer to the methodology I've adopted, but I wrote >> a blog post a while back on the layers of design - which is the foundation >> for my approach. >> http://blog.frankmtaylor.com/2011/11/03/the-layers-of-design/ feel free to >> poke holes in that theory. >> >> </email> >> <signature id="paceaux"> >> Frank M Taylor >> http://frankmtaylor.com >> @paceaux >> </signature> >> >> On Mar 9, 2012, at 3:17 AM, David Thorp wrote: >> >>> Greetings all... again... ;) >>> >>> I'm familiar with some concepts from object oriented programming. In >>> particular something which i think is called encapsulation. >>> >>> In languages like C++ you build classes which are portable mini programs >>> that do stuff. You can pick them up and plug them into any C++ program, >>> you don't have to know how it works, you just know what it does and its >>> input and output and you can just use it without any fuss. >>> >>> I'm looking at how HTML and CSS work, and wondering if there's some way to >>> do similar things like this in web development. I understand javascript >>> and php are both object oriented languages, but I'm just talking about html >>> and css. >>> >>> For example... with the help of Vince (ghodmode) and a couple of others on >>> this list I have built a really nice simple list layout. (see: >>> http://www.davidthorp.name/testingstuff/ghodmode-a.html). >>> >>> Say I know want now to pick that list up and put it somewhere in the middle >>> of another larger page (something with a lot more stuff in it, say >>> http://www.davidthorp.name/testingstuff/browser-0c.html). >>> >>> Or more accurately, I want to pick that list up and put different versions >>> of it (ie. same layout but perhaps different numbers of columns, different >>> alignments in each column, etc) into various locations in a more complex >>> layout. >>> >>> Ideally I want to keep that list in it's own file and just refer to it from >>> the main file. I don't want to have to copy and paste the code from the >>> list file into the main file. >>> >>> If this was C++, that would be relatively simple. The class would have >>> methods that you can call with different parameters for different >>> situations (eg. number of columns, alignment in each column, whatever). >>> You then add a #include statement at the beginning of your main file, that >>> effectively makes the class part of your program, and you call it from the >>> main file with method calls and parameters, in each different situation. >>> >>> >>> So... my question is... Is this possible in web development at all? >>> >>> Is it possible just with plain HTML and CSS files? >>> >>> If not, is this where I need PHP? Can I achieve the above with PHP? >>> >>> And if the answer to that is no, then is there any way to achieve this >>> concept at all? Or am I just barking up the wrong tree here? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> David. > > -- > David > gn...@hawaii.rr.com > authenticity, honesty, community > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
