#refactoring

#refactoring

The idea behind this is to share a full, unfiltered look at integrating CSS Cascade Layers into an existing legacy codebase. In practice, it's about refactoring existing CSS to use cascade layers without breaking anything. You can always get a fantastic overview of things in Stephenie Eckles' article, " Getting Started With CSS Cascade Layers ". But let's talk about the experience of integrating cascade layers into real-world code, the good, the bad, and the spaghetti.

One pervasive assumption in a stubborn codebase is that there's only one way to talk to the database, limiting potential changes and upgrades.

When you write tests, you might create a large setup method that initializes various objects. This leads to unnecessary overhead if only one test uses all these objects.

"The main point of the article is to replace simplistic getters with behavior-rich methods that encapsulate the operations pertinent to the internal state."