Writing composable CSS components for React
Blog post from LogRocket
CSS Components is a lightweight (2.3Kb) utility designed to enhance developer experience by allowing the composition of CSS classes into React components, offering a modern alternative to CSS-in-JS libraries like styled-components and Stitches. With React 18's focus on server components, CSS Components addresses common issues with CSS-in-JS by providing a familiar API for developers already accustomed to similar libraries. While not yet production-ready, it integrates well with server-side rendering and various CSS libraries, enabling developers to create reusable components and custom React Hooks for improved code readability and management. The tool also allows for the optimization of styles by extracting repetitive properties and supports composing components to reuse styles effectively. Although CSS Components outperforms other popular libraries in terms of style injection and DOM node handling, it is not intended to replace existing component libraries but to complement them by generating custom utility-based components quickly. The source code and examples are available on GitHub, and developers can integrate LogRocket for enhanced error tracking in React applications.