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css.js

A lightweight, battle tested, fast, css parser in JavaScript

Why?

Please read the story behind it [here] [here]: https://medium.com/jotform-form-builder/writing-a-css-parser-in-javascript-3ecaa1719a43

Demo

Check out plunker demo

Development

Following commands will prepare development enviroment by installing dependencies:

npm install

And to execute unit tests and produce css.min.js, execute

grunt

How To Install

npm install jotform-css.js

How To Use

On the browser

Simply parse css string, and log the output

<script type="text/javascript" src="css.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
	var cssString = ' .someSelector { margin:40px 10px; padding:5px}';
	//initialize parser object
	var parser = new cssjs();
	//parse css string
	var parsed = parser.parseCSS(cssString);

	console.log(parsed);
</script>

On the server

var cssString = ' .someSelector { margin:40px 10px; padding:5px}';
//require parser constructor
var cssjs = require("./css.js");
//initialize parser object
var parser = new cssjs.cssjs();
//parse css string
var parsed = parser.parseCSS(cssString);

console.log(parsed);