diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 10c034c..9f98163 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ # TACHYONS -Functional css for humans. +Functional CSS for humans. -Quickly build and design new UI without writing css. +Quickly build and design new UI without writing CSS. ## Principles @@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ Quickly build and design new UI without writing css. * It should be easy to change any interface or part of an interface without breaking any existing interfaces * Doing one thing extremely well promotes reusability and reduces repetition * Documentation helps promote reusability and shared knowledge -* Css shouldn't impede accessibility or the default functionality of Html +* CSS shouldn't impede accessibility or the default functionality of HTML * You should send the smallest possible amount of code to the user ## Features -* Mobile-first css architecture +* Mobile-first CSS architecture * 490 accessible color combinations * 8px baseline grid * Multiple debugging utilities to reduce layout struggles @@ -27,19 +27,19 @@ Quickly build and design new UI without writing css. * Lightweight (~14kB) * Usable across projects * Growing open source component library -* Works well with plain html, react, ember, angular, rails, and more +* Works well with plain HTML, React, Ember, Angular, Rails and more * Infinitely nestable responsive grid system -* Built with Postcss +* Built with PostCSS -## Getting started +## Getting Started Docs can be found at http://tachyons.io/docs The modules are generally pretty small and thus quick and easy to read. ### Use the CDN -The quickest and easiest way to start using tachyons is to include a reference -to the minified file in the head of your html file. +The quickest and easiest way to start using Tachyons is to include a reference +to the minified file in the head of your HTML file. ```html @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ to the minified file in the head of your html file. ### Local Setup -Clone the repo from github and install dependencies through npm. +Clone the repo from Github and install dependencies through npm. ``` git clone https://github.com/tachyons-css/tachyons.git @@ -59,20 +59,20 @@ npm install If you want to just use everything in tachyons/src as a jumping off point and edit all the code yourself, you can compile all of your wonderful changes by -running +running: ```npm start``` -This will output both minified and unminified versions of the css to the css directory and watch the src directory for changes. +This will output both minified and unminified versions of the CSS to the CSS directory and watch the src directory for changes. It's aliased to the command: ```npm run build:watch``` -If you'd like to just build the css once without watching the src directory run +If you'd like to just build the CSS once without watching the src directory, run: ```npm run build``` -If you want to check that a class hasn't been redefined or 'mutated' there is a linter to check that all of the classes have only been defined once. This can be useful if you are using another library or have written some of your own css and want to make sure there are no naming collisions. To do this run the command +If you want to check that a class hasn't been redefined or 'mutated,' there is a linter to check that all of the classes have only been defined once. This can be useful if you are using another library or have written some of your own CSS and want to make sure there are no naming collisions. To do this run the command: ```npm run mutations``` @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Please read our [code of conduct](https://github.com/tachyons-css/tachyons/blob/ ## Tachyons in Production A longer list of sites that use tachyons in production can be found in sites.md -We love letting the community see what people are building so please add your link to sites.md in a PR or by opening an issue if you're willing to share to your site or project. +We love letting the community see what people are building. Please add your link to sites.md in a PR or by opening an issue if you're willing to share to your site or project. **Featured Sites**