PostCSS Best Practices

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Key Principles

• Use PostCSS as a modular CSS processor with purpose-specific plugins
• Write future-proof CSS using modern syntax with appropriate transpilation
• Optimize CSS output for production with minification and autoprefixing
• Keep plugin configurations minimal and purposeful

What is PostCSS

PostCSS is a tool for transforming CSS with JavaScript plugins. Unlike preprocessors (Sass/Less), PostCSS:

• Is modular - add only the features you need
• Can parse and transform standard CSS
• Enables future CSS syntax today
• Optimizes and minifies output
• Works with any build tool