Hiding Empty Elements with CSS
Hide empty elements with the CSS :empty pseudo‑class, including strict matching rules, whitespace caveats, supported selectors, and practical UI uses.
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Sass (Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets) is a preprocessor scripting language which is compiled into CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). These articles come from the period when Sass solved gaps in the platform, and from the present where native CSS has closed many of them. The useful question now is not whether Sass is powerful, but whether a particular abstraction still earns its place.
Hiding Empty Elements with CSS. 
Disabling Text Selection Highlighting with CSS. Disabling Text Selection Highlighting with CSS
Disable text selection with CSS user‑select, including browser prefixes, input caveats and a visual ::selection fallback for older browsers.
Alternative Text in the CSS content Property. Alternative Text in the CSS
contentPropertyThe 'content' property in CSS is often used to insert graphical elements which ‑ on their own ‑ do not have an accessible alternative text available.
Single or Double Colons in CSS Pseudo‑Elements (:before vs. ::before). Single or Double Colons in CSS Pseudo‑Elements (
:beforevs.::before)CSS pseudo‑elements can use one or two colons. This guide explains `:before`, `::before`, modern syntax, compatibility, and when each form matters.
Using Viewport Units in CSS: vw and vh. Using Viewport Units in CSS:
vwandvhUse CSS viewport units vw and vh for responsive sizing, understanding percentage‑of‑viewport behaviour, full‑screen layouts, and mobile browser caveats.
Bem and Sass for Component CSS. Bem and Sass for Component CSS
Use BEM and Sass together for component CSS with clear naming, shallow nesting, modifiers, reusable mixins, and less fragile front‑end styling over time.
Organising Sass with Partials and Mixins. Organising Sass with Partials and Mixins
Organise Sass with partials and mixins so stylesheets stay readable, reusable, easier to change, and less likely to hide component‑level side effects.
What are CSS Preprocessors, and Why Should You Use Them? What are CSS Preprocessors, and Why Should You Use Them?
Learn how Sass, Less and Stylus extend CSS with variables, nesting, mixins and modular files, alongside their build‑step and learning‑curve trade‑offs.
!important in CSS. !importantin CSSUnderstand why !important in CSS creates cascade, specificity, consistency, and maintenance problems, plus when an override may still be defensible.