{"id":12090,"library":"style-helpers","title":"CSS Helper Framework","description":"style-helpers is a lightweight CSS utility library providing a collection of pre-defined classes and mixins to streamline common styling tasks for front-end development. It offers solutions for flexbox layouts, animations, button styling, and spacing, aiming to reduce boilerplate CSS. The library is currently at stable version 1.0.2. Given its evolution from 0.x to 1.x and the minimal changelog provided for recent minor versions, it appears to have a relatively slow or infrequent release cadence. Its key differentiator lies in offering a direct, pre-packaged set of common CSS patterns, making it easy to integrate into projects using SCSS or by direct HTML link, focusing on quick application of common styles rather than a full component system.","status":"active","version":"1.0.2","language":"javascript","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/LouisMazel/style-helpers","tags":["javascript","SCSS","flexbox","helpers","animation","button","spacing"],"install":[{"cmd":"npm install style-helpers","lang":"bash","label":"npm"},{"cmd":"yarn add style-helpers","lang":"bash","label":"yarn"},{"cmd":"pnpm add style-helpers","lang":"bash","label":"pnpm"}],"dependencies":[],"imports":[{"note":"This imports the entire stylesheet through your SCSS preprocessor. Ensure your build configuration includes `node_modules` as an include path for Sass.","wrong":"@import 'style-helpers.scss';","symbol":"SCSS Import","correct":"@import 'style-helpers';"},{"note":"The exact path `style-helpers.css` inside `node_modules` is an assumption; verify the main CSS file name. For production, consider copying this file to your `dist` folder during a build step.","wrong":"","symbol":"HTML Link","correct":""},{"note":"This library provides global CSS styles and utility classes; it does not export JavaScript symbols. The import statement is purely for its side-effects to include the CSS in a bundler's output (e.g., Webpack, Vite).","wrong":"import { someClass } from 'style-helpers';","symbol":"JavaScript Side-Effect Import","correct":"import 'style-helpers';"}],"quickstart":{"code":"\n\n\n \n \n Style Helpers Quickstart\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n
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Hello World!
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This is a paragraph with default styling.
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Another card demonstrating flexbox and spacing helpers.
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Fades in after load!
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