Naming conventions
You've probably noticed some patterns in the class names I use and also the way I name variables and mixins and functions. Chances are you're not a fan of the long names I use. I get that. I do.
The first time I came across a strict naming convention for class names was something called BEM. BEM stands for Block, Element, Modifier. Chances are you've come across it. The naming convention for BEM looks like this:
.block__element--modifier {...}
The first time I came across BEM I stopped reading once I saw the rather verbose names it used. "Yuk!" I proclaimed and rapidly closed the tab. The thought of typing all those underscores and hyphens. No thank you.
However, I kept hearing about this BEM methodology and seeing it in tutorials and other people's code. Gradually, I realized the important part of BEM is not the exact naming convention it uses...it's the concepts. The problems it aims to solve and how it solves them. It can be broken down into one word, convention...
