classitis

English

Etymology

From class +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

classitis (uncountable)

  1. (web design, usually derogatory) The practice of authoring stylesheets with redundant and semantically unhelpful classes.
    • 2006, Paul Haine, HTML Mastery: Semantics, Standards, and Styling, page 175:
      Classitis can be avoided through a better understanding of CSS selectors.
    • 2011, Antony Kennedy, Inayaili de León, Pro CSS for High Traffic Websites, page 102:
      Frameworks tend to suffer from divitis and classitis.
  2. (programming, derogatory) The practice, in object-oriented programming, of dividing code into an excessive number of small, shallow classes, each of which adds an interface while providing little functionality.
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