qoreCSS

A comprehensive, modern CSS framework engineered for rapid web development with performance optimization, robust testing infrastructure, and advanced build tooling. Provides beautiful default styles, utility classes, and a complete development workflow for professional web applications.

Features

Core Framework

• Beautiful defaults - Default styles that make HTML elements look great out of the box
• Normalize.css included - Cross-browser consistency built-in
• Flexbox & Grid utilities - Classes for layout positioning (row, col, center, grid3, etc.)
• Responsive design - Built-in media queries for all screen sizes
• CSS animations - Smooth, modern animations included
• Customizable variables - Easy theming through CSS custom properties
• Icon support - Color-adjustable icon system with filters
• Glass morphism - Modern .obscure class with backdrop blur effects
• Accessible form demo - Example contact form with required fields and client-side validation

Advanced Development Features

• Performance optimization - Automated CSS minification, compression (gzip/brotli), and CDN integration
• Build system - Hash-based cache busting with automatic file versioning
• CDN deployment - Automated deployment to jsDelivr CDN with cache purging
• Comprehensive testing - Unit tests, integration tests, performance measurements, and error handling validation
• Code quality tools - Stylelint integration with modern CSS best practices
• Environment configuration - Flexible configuration via environment variables

Quick Start

CDN (Recommended for Production)

<!-- Latest hashed version with optimal caching -->
<!-- core.[hash].min.css is produced by the build process and the hash changes when qore.css updates; the hash is an eight-character SHA-1 digest -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Bijikyu/qoreCSS/core.[hash].min.css">


<!-- Or use always-latest version (less optimal caching) -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Bijikyu/qoreCSS/qore.css">

Prerequisites

Node.js 18 or higher is required. Earlier Node versions may lack built-in modules used by the build system and tests.

NPM Installation

npm install qorecss

Node.js/Build Tool Integration

const qorecss = require('qorecss');

// Get stylesheet path for build tools
const cssPath = qorecss.getStylesheet();

// Get CSS variables file
const variablesPath = qorecss.getVariables();
// Absolute paths are also exposed directly
const coreCssPath = qorecss.coreCss; // path to qore.css
const varsCssPath = qorecss.variablesCss; // path to variables.css
const isServer = qorecss.serverSide; // true when running under Node.js

qorecss Object Properties

The module exposes useful metadata for advanced scenarios:

• coreCss - Absolute path to qore.css for bundlers.
• variablesCss - Absolute path to variables.css.
• serverSide - true when running under Node.js, otherwise undefined.

const {coreCss, variablesCss, serverSide} = require('qorecss');
console.log(coreCss);     // path to qore.css
console.log(variablesCss); // path to variables.css
if(serverSide){
  console.log('Running on Node.js');
}

Browser Auto-injection

<!-- Automatically injects CSS when script loads -->
<!-- Mark loader when multiple scripts exist -->
<script data-qorecss src="node_modules/qorecss/index.js"></script>

Use the data-qorecss attribute when your page includes several script tags so the loader can determine its own path.

Customization

Copy variables.css to your project and modify the CSS custom properties to match your design:

:root {
    --color-dominant: #8b4c42;  /* Primary brand color */
    --color-two: #a0614a;       /* Secondary color */
    --color-bright: #b97a6e;    /* Accent color */
    --gs-lightest: #f5f3f3;     /* Light backgrounds */
    --gs-darkest: #2d1b13;      /* Dark backgrounds */
}

Key Classes

Layout

• .row, .col - Flexbox containers
• .center, .centerAlign - Centering utilities
• .grid, .grid3, .grid4 - CSS Grid layouts
• .col50, .col80 - Percentage widths

Styling

• .card, .cardWhite - Card components
• .bright, .dark, .lightest - Background colors
• .textCenter, .textLeft - Text alignment
• .pad15, .margin30 - Spacing utilities
• .obscure - Glass morphism effect

Icons

• .icon - Applies theme color adjustments
• .iconLarge - Large icon sizing
• .sq15, .sq50, .sq75, .sq250 - Square icon sizes

Development

Environment Setup

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build minified version with hash-based cache busting
npm run build

# Update index.html to reference hashed CSS generated above
node scripts/updateHtml.js

# Run comprehensive test suite
npm test

# Lint CSS with modern standards
npm run lint

Running node scripts/updateHtml.js after building rewrites index.html so the page loads the newly hashed CSS file. This step keeps the demo synchronized with the build output. It also replaces any {{CDN_BASE_URL}} tokens with the configured CDN URL, ensuring links point to the correct endpoint.

Build System

The build system provides advanced features for production deployment:

• Automatic minification with PostCSS and cssnano
• Hash-based cache busting with eight-character SHA-1 filenames (core.[hash].min.css) for optimal browser caching
• Gzip and Brotli compression for reduced file sizes
• CDN integration with automatic cache purging
• Performance monitoring with timing measurements
• Hash persistence with build.hash and automatic index.js update for browser injection

Testing Infrastructure

Comprehensive testing covers all framework components:

• Unit tests for all utility functions and build scripts
• Integration tests for CDN deployment and file operations
• Performance tests with configurable concurrency and timing
• Error handling validation for robust production behavior
• Environment configuration testing for deployment flexibility

Environment Variables

Configure the build and deployment process:

# CDN Configuration

CDN_BASE_URL=https://cdn.jsdelivr.net  # CDN endpoint for deployment (trailing slash removed automatically; defaults to jsDelivr when empty)

MAX_CONCURRENCY=50                     # Caps total requests processed during testing
SOCKET_LIMIT=50                        # HTTP connection pool size with lowered default

# Performance Monitoring
QUEUE_LIMIT=5                          # Number of requests run concurrently in each batch
CODEX=true                             # Enable offline mode for build, test, performance, and purge scripts (skip network requests) <!-- clarifies offline mode extends to build, tests, performance, and purge -->

MAX_CONCURRENCY sets the total number of requests processed, while QUEUE_LIMIT controls how many run in parallel at a time. CODEX enables offline mode for build, test, performance, and purge scripts so they run without network access.

Performance

The framework is engineered for optimal performance:

File Optimization

• Automated minification with PostCSS pipeline and cssnano optimization
• Content hashing for aggressive browser caching with automatic cache invalidation
• Dual compression with both gzip and brotli encoding for maximum compatibility
• File size monitoring with performance regression detection

CDN Integration

• Global distribution through jsDelivr CDN with edge caching worldwide
• Automatic deployment with cache purging for instant updates
• Fallback strategies with multiple CDN endpoints for reliability
• Performance monitoring with automated response time measurements

Caching Strategy

• Long-term caching with hash-based filenames for optimal browser cache utilization
• Instant invalidation when content changes through automated hash updates
• Progressive enhancement with graceful fallbacks for older browsers

Browser Support

Supports all modern browsers with the following baseline:

• Chrome/Edge 88+
• Firefox 85+
• Safari 14+
• Mobile browsers with equivalent versions

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch
3. Run tests with npm test
4. Submit a pull request

Deployment

The project automatically builds and deploys to GitHub Pages on every push to main. The CDN is updated automatically through jsDelivr.

For self-hosting, see docs/self-hosting.md for optimal server configuration.

CDN Cache Purge

After deployment run node scripts/purge-cdn.js to clear CDN caches so the latest hashed files are served. When offline set CODEX=true to simulate the purge. You can optionally check CDN performance with node scripts/performance.js --json which measures response times and writes performance-results.json. The file is uploaded by .github/workflows/performance.yml as an artifact and automatically trimmed to the most recent 50 entries for convenient tracking.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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