March 14, 2013

Autoprefixer released

Andrey Sitnik released AutoprefixerA PostCSS tool that adds vendor prefixes to CSS — keeps stylesheets working across browsers automatically. on March 14, 2013 — a tool that adds vendor prefixes to CSSCascading Style Sheets — the language for layout, color, and typography on web pages. based on Can I Use browser data.

What it was for

PostCSSAutoprefixerA PostCSS tool that adds vendor prefixes to CSS — keeps stylesheets working across browsers automatically. reads plain CSSCascading Style Sheets — the language for layout, color, and typography on web pages. and inserts `-webkit-`, `-moz-`, and `-ms-` prefixes where needed — freeing developers from memorizing which browsers needed prefixed flexbox or gradients. It started as rework-vendors, became AutoprefixerA PostCSS tool that adds vendor prefixes to CSS — keeps stylesheets working across browsers automatically. within weeks, and later migrated to PostCSS — becoming one of the most-used CSSCascading Style Sheets — the language for layout, color, and typography on web pages. build tools in history.

People

  • Andrey Sitnikcreator

Why it's here

AutoprefixerA PostCSS tool that adds vendor prefixes to CSS — keeps stylesheets working across browsers automatically. automated the most tedious part of writing cross-browser CSSCascading Style Sheets — the language for layout, color, and typography on web pages..

Why it mattered

It let authors write spec syntax and let tooling handle vendor-prefix churn.

What it solved

Developers copied prefixed and unprefixed rules by hand for every new CSSCascading Style Sheets — the language for layout, color, and typography on web pages. feature.

Media

  • PostCSS
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