Bitters helps designers start projects faster by defining a basic set of Sass variables, default element style and project structure. It’s been specifically designed for use within web applications. Bitters should live in your project’s root Sass directory and we encourage you to modify and extend it to meet your design and brand requirements.
Bitters is made to work alongside a CSS reset or style-normalizer; not replace one. We like to use Normalize.
- Requirements
- Installation
- Using Bitters
- Command Line Interface
- The Bourbon Family
- Contributing
- License
- About
- Sass 3.4+ or LibSass 3.3+
- Bourbon 5.0+
- Ruby 1.9.3+ (required to install Bitters from the command line)
- Install the Bitters gem using the RubyGems package manager:
gem install bitters-
Install Bourbon.
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Install the Bitters library into the current directory by running the following command at the command-line. If you’re using Ruby on Rails, run the command in
app/assets/stylesheets:
bitters installA base directory will be generated which contains all of the Bitters files.
- Import Bitters after Bourbon in your
application.css.scssor main manifest file. All additional stylesheets should be imported below Bitters.
@import "bourbon";
@import "base/base";- Once Bourbon and Bitters are set up, you can begin to import your styles below them.
@import "bourbon";
@import "base/base";
@import "my-project-styles";
…The Bitters directory (base/) should contain styles for all the basic elements
used throughout the project. It also contains directories for custom mixins and
extends for your site. Add code to the existing files or add new files to the
directories. Customize Bitters for your site as you see fit.
This houses all variables that are used, or will be used, in more than one file
in your site. Variable names in Bitters that are used outside of the variables
file start with $base to indicate that they are the most basic variables.
All type is based on $base-font-size which is set to 1em (16px) by default.
The spacing around type is based on $base-line-height so as to keep a
semi-baseline grid. All sizes are scaled up or down by a factor of 0.25.
All lists have stripped out styles. No bullets, no left padding.
Adds basic styles all form elements. The variables at the top of the file all inherit from the variables file but make it really easy to be overridden.
Basic style for button and input[type="submit"]. Base button styles can be
changed by modifying the styles applied to button and #{$all-button-inputs}
in base/_button.scss.
bitters [options]| Option | Description |
|---|---|
-h, --help |
Show help |
-v, --version |
Show the version number |
--path |
Specify a custom path |
--force |
Force install (overwrite) |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
bitters install |
Install Bitters into the current directory |
bitters reset |
Reset Bitters |
bitters remove |
Removes Bitters from the current directory |
bitters help |
Show help |
bitters version |
Show the version number |
- Bourbon: A Lightweight Sass Tool Set
- Neat: A lightweight and flexible Sass grid
- Refills: Components and patterns built with Bourbon and Neat
See the contributing document. Thank you, contributors!
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