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About Atomic Props

Inspired by Atomic CSS and Tailwindcss, Fower uses Atomic props to write styles. So what are atomic properties? I think you must know CSS atomic classes. They look like this: .p-2, .m-10, .bg-green, .flex... Atomic properties and CSS atomic classes are very Similar, except that it is not written in className, but directly in Markup.

Atomic props can be written in HTML:

<div bgRed300 text3XL>
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</div>

It can also be written in custom components:

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To put it simply, the atomic props is the style unit that acts on the UI Markup.

Different with CSS atomic classes?

As mentioned above, atomic properties and atomic classes are very similar. What is the difference between them? I think the biggest difference is: Atomic props are dynamic, while atomic classes are static.

Let's take padding as an example. Its CSS atomic class can have .p-1, .p-2, p-4, p-5... It is an enumeration and is limited. Since CSS atomic classes are static, you need to write a lot of code. , Its CSS code is easy to swell, and a padding-related atomic class may require thousands of lines of code.

Different with inline style?

  • Less code, the amount of inline style code is larger, it is easy to make JSX messy, "Atomic props" retains the conciseness of JSX and is more readable.

  • Style reuse, use inline styles, styles cannot be reused, use "Atomic props", styles are reused, and the code size will not expand too much with the development of the project.

Why use Atomic props

  • Scoped style

    The traditional CSS classes are global, and it is easy for styles to affect each other when developing in a team. Fower uses atomic attributes to write styles, and atomic attributes eventually generate unique atomic class names, and there is no problem of styles affecting each other.

  • Design system

    It is easy to create a design system by using Atomic props.