bemify

Bemify is a set of Sass mixins to help you write well-structured, readable, maintainable, component-based modular SCSS source using a BEM-style syntax.

Bemify site & documentation: http://franzheidl.github.io/bemify/

Bemify supports libsass since libsass 3.2.4.

Install

Bemify can be installed as a Ruby Gem, via Bower, NPM, or manually. As a NPM module, bemify supports eyeglass. Bemify is also on Sache.in.

Bower

To install via bower run:

$ bower install bemify --save-dev

Ruby Gem

When installed as a Ruby Gem, Bemify will be installed as a Compass extension if Compass is installed on your system.

$ gem install bemify

npm

To install via npm run:

$npm install bemify --save-dev

Manual Install

Include sass/_bemify.scssin the appropriate location in your project.

Usage

First, import bemify:

@import 'bemify';

Once imported, the bemify mixins can now be used to write BEM-style SCSS, making your source cleaner and easier to read and change.

@include block('my-element') {
    …

    @include element('child') {
      …
    }

    @include modifier('small') {
      …
    }

    @include modifier('large') {
      …
    }

    @include state('active') {
      …
    }

}

The output will be full, non-nested BEM-style class selectors:

.my-element {
  …
}

.my-element__child {
  …
}

.my-element--large {
  …
}

.my-element.is-active {
  …
}

By default, bemify will output combined .block.state / .block__element.state selectors. Bemify can also be configured to output full .block--state / .block__element--state selectors. For details, see Configuration below.

The mixins can be nested to create modifiers for subcomponents:

@include block('my-element') {

    @include element('child') {
        …
        @include modifier('bad') {
            …
            @include state('happy') {
                …
            }
        }
    }

    @include modifier('large') {
        …
    }

    @include state('active') {
        …
    }

}

This will result in:

.my-element {
    …
}

.my-element__child {
    …
}

.my-element__child--bad {
    …
}

.my-element__child--bad.is-happy {
    …
}

.my-element--large {
    …
}

.my-element.is-active {

}

Scoping

Bemify can of course also be used inside any scope:

.scope {

	@include block('nav') {

		// etc.

	}

}

Configuration Options

bemify uses some configuration variables where to adjust the block-element and the state separator, as well as the state prefix. To overwrite bemify's config with your own configuration file, just import your variables before using one of the mixins.

@import "your-variables";
@import "bemify";

@include block('my-block') {
    …
}

Configurable options and their defaults are:

• $combined-state-selectors: true

  Will output selectors like: .element.is-active, set to false to write .element--is-active

• $element-separator: __

• $modifier-separator: --

• $state-prefix: is

  Note that $state-prefix can be overridden with each call to the state mixin, so you can use both --is-active and --has-error using the same configuration:

  @include state('error', 'has') {}
  

Aliases

Not everyone thinks in the categories of 'block, element, modifier', but many of us still want to write modularized, components-based CSS. There are a couple of aliases included for those who think in terms of components, parent-child / -subcomponents included (And it's totally straightforward to add your own):

@include block('name') {}
    == @include component('name') {}

@include element('name') {}
    == @include child('name') {}
    == @include subcomponent('name') {}
    == @include sub('name') {}

Resources

Some highly recommended reading re CSS structure, decoupling markup and styles, BEM, and why this makes sense:

• Nicolas Gallagher: About HTML semantics and front-end architecture
• Philip Walton: Side Effects in CSS
• BEM official
• Harry Roberts: MindBEMding – getting your head ’round BEM syntax

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