cssspitter

Normalizer

Templating engine for CSS based on width and height of the window, used as a Connect/Express Middleware. Relies on Swig, which is my templating engine of choice.
I created this package to help me with a very specific need: when building apps for mobile i always have problems with my lack of ability with CSS so this allows me to build a UI based on percentages of the window's dimension.
It's in a very early stage but it works as it should; take a look at the roadmap to check on the functionalities i'm working on.

you should use it because:

• You find it useful
• you need to build a UI that is proportionate wherever the device it is opened
• Simple to use
• Little or no overhead

you should look away if:

• you think it's stupid
• you're a guru with CSS and think this is stupid
• potato

Usage

Install it with:

npm install cssspitter

Or include it in the package.json file:

{
	......,
	"dependencies": {
		....,
		"cssspitter": "*"
	}
}

As always you have to require it:

var cssspitter = require('cssspitter');

When configuring the Connect/Express server, include it like this:
- replace the path with the folder you have the templates)
- it's important to include it after the static middleware, for in the near future i will be implementing a caching service

app.configure(function(){
	.....
	.....
	app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
	app.use( cssspitter( path.join(__dirname, 'public/css/templates/' ) ) );
});

The structure of the requests should be:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/_width_/_height_/_nameoffile_.css">

So what i do is something like:
- I will create a mechanism to serve bundles but for now, you have to request every file

<script>
	var w = window.innerWidth,
	    h = window.innerHeight;
    document.write(
		[
			'<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/'+w+'/'+h+'/navigation.css">', 
			'<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/'+w+'/'+h+'/homeview.css">'
		].join('\n')
	);
</script>

Then, in the CSS template, use 'w' and 'h' at will:

html, body {
	width: {{w}}px;
	height: {{h}}px;
}
.header {
	width: {{w}}px;
	height: {{h * 0.10}}px; /* 10% */
}

Easy isn't it?
You can also use all the functionality of Swig to pump up the jam...

Road Map

• caching system that will save the files already requested
• bundling mechanism to join all the files into one response
• minimizing option

Feel free to use, fork and please contribute reporting bugs and with pull requests