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To understand why StyleX exists and the reasoning behind its decisions, it may be beneficial to familiarize oneself with the fundamental principles that guide it. This may help you decide if StyleX is the right solution for you. These principles should also be helpful when designing new APIs for StyleX. There are benefits of DRY code, but we don't think that's usually true when it comes to authoring styles. The best and most readable way to write styles is to write them in the same file as the markup. StyleX is designed for authoring, applying, and reasoning about styles locally. CSS is a powerful and expressive language. However, it can sometimes feel fragile. Some of this stems from a misunderstanding of how CSS works, but a lot of it stems from the discipline and organization required to keep CSS selectors with different specificities from conflicting. StyleX aims to improve both the consistency and predictability of styles and the expressive power available. We believe this is poss

Thinking in StyleX Core Principles To understand why StyleX exists and the reasoning behind its decisions, it may be beneficial to familiarize oneself with the fundamental principles that guide it. This may help you decide if StyleX is the right solution for you. These principles should also be helpful when designing new APIs for StyleX. Co-location There are benefits of DRY code, but we don't think that's usually true when it comes to authoring styles. The best and most readable way to write styles is to write them in the same file as the markup. StyleX is designed for authoring, applying, an

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