/vital

Design Framework

Primary LanguageSassOtherNOASSERTION

Note: Vital v2.x is not backwards compatible with v1.x. Some things may break. You may need to do some refactoring.

Vital

A minimally invasive CSS framework for modern web applications.

  • Vital is a reverse approach to "everything and the kitchen sink" CSS frameworks.
  • Built with Sass and Slim for readability and maintainability.
  • No ridiculous amounts of classes or nesting. No excessively buried code.
  • Written almost entirely in em values, allowing for easy and consistent scaling.
  • Small:
Size Gzipped
Javascripts 0
Vital CSS 23 KB 6 KB

Usage

A couple installation options are available:

Check out our docs for information on installation methods, framework contents, templates, examples and more.

Development

NOTE: The project requires Ruby 2.0+ for building its assets and documentation.

Initial setup:

git clone https://github.com/doximity/vital.git
cd vital
bundle

# If you want to build / work on documentation
cd docs
bundle

Compiling assets locally

cd vital
bundle exec rake vital:build

Build the documentation

Vital is built using a simple static generator: https://middlemanapp.com/

cd vital/docs
bundle
bundle exec middleman

Publishing

Publishing and deployment should be performed by a Doximity member.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md

Releasing a new version

  • Ensure docs, README.md, CHANGELOG.md are up to date
  • Bump version on lib/vital/version.rb
  • Bump version on package.json#L3
  • bundle exec rake vital:build
  • bundle, commit and push the Gemfile.lock file
  • git add ... all of the updated files
  • git commit -m 'vX.Y.Z'
  • Create a branch, get it approved, merge the branch and checkout master
  • bundle exec rake release to push to RubyGems
  • npm publish to push to NPM
  • Go to https://github.com/doximity/vital/releases and create a new release with the tarball attached
  • In Slack, run doxbot ship vital to deploy documentation site
  • Visit http://vitalcss.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com and http://vitalcss.com and ensure it has been updated

Reporting Issues and Suggestions

Please submit GitHub issues for problems with the library. Also, feel free to submit a pull-request with suggested changes.