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CSS Shorthand Syntax Considered an Anti-Pattern – CSS Wizardry – CSS, OOCSS, front-end architecture, performance and more, by Harry Roberts
Harry Roberts shares why you shouldn’t write background: black;
but be explicit with background-color: black;
. The shorthand syntax often unsets other properties that we never intended to modify and, thus, can cause unwanted side-effects.