CSS Variables Are the Best Thing to Come to CSS

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"I honestly think that CSS variables have really improved my CSS in a way that nothing else has," he says. "It makes exposing APIs for shareable components really easy, makes me mean things easy overrides and default values." There's also so many good layout tools nowadays with grid and Flexbox being two of the most popular.

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about the benefits of sticking to the web platform that is available to you through APIs you may not know about.

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