What is CSS in Apps?

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in HTML or XML. It allows developers to control the layout, color, fonts and overall visual appearance of web pages. CSS separates content from design, enabling multiple web pages to share the same style, which promotes consistency and reduces complexity. By using CSS, developers can create responsive designs that adapt to different devices and screen sizes, enhancing the user experience.

Writing CSS in Blazor offers several benefits that enhance the development process and the functionality of web applications:

• Component Styling: Blazor allows you to encapsulate styles within Blazor controls, so that CSS rules are scoped to the component they are defined in. This prevents styles from leaking into other components, promoting modularity and reusability.
• Dynamic Styling: Blazor supports dynamic CSS class manipulation through C#. You can easily add, remove or toggle CSS classes based on application state or user interactions, providing a more interactive and responsive user experience.
• Productivity: By co-locating CSS with Blazor components, developers can keep related code together, which simplifies maintenance and improves productivity.

You can apply CSS to Blazor controls in two ways:

• Use CSS isolation: CSS isolation allows you to define component-specific styles that do not affect other components, preventing style conflicts.
• Utilize CSS frameworks: CSS frameworks like Bootstrap or Tailwind CSS provide a consistent, responsive design foundation, saving time and providing a polished look.
• Adopt consistent naming conventions: Consistent naming conventions improve the readability and maintainability of your CSS, making it easier for you and your team to understand and modify styles.
• Avoid inline styles: Inline styles make it difficult to maintain and update styles, as they are mixed with the HTML content.
• Achieve responsive design: A responsive design makes your application look good on all devices, enhancing the user experience.

Check an example of how you can use CSS styling with Telerik Blazor themes.