Bemm

Block__Element–Modifier Maker

“Bemm: the lightweight JavaScript/TypeScript library for generating BEM class names in your components, without any third-party dependencies.”

Bemm is a lightweight JavaScript/TypeScript library that provides a simple and flexible way to generate BEM (Block Element Modifier) class names from within your components. It is designed to be used without any third-party dependencies and can be easily integrated into any JavaScript or TypeScript project that uses npm as a package manager.

With Bemm, you can create BEM class names for your components using a simple and intuitive API. The library provides a set of composable functions that allow you to generate class names for blocks, elements, and modifiers, as well as more advanced features like multiple modifiers and multiple blocks.

Bemm is ideal for web developers who want to use a structured approach to styling and class naming in their projects, without the need for complex CSS frameworks or preprocessors. Whether you are building a small website or a large web application, Bemm can help you keep your code organized and maintainable, while reducing the risk of naming conflicts and other common styling issues.

In this documentation, you will learn how to use Bemm to generate BEM class names for your components, as well as some advanced features and best practices. We hope you find Bemm useful and welcome any feedback or contributions to the project.

Installation

npm install bemm

# or yarn
yarn add bemm

Setup

import { useBemm } from "bemm";

const bemm = useBemm("block");

render`
    <div class="${bemm()}">
        <div class="${bemm("inner")}></div>
    </div>
`;

<div class="block">
  <div class="block__inner"></div>
</div>

Vue example

<template>
  <div :class="bemm()">
    <div :class="bemm('child')"></div>
  </div>
</template>

<script setup>
const bemm = useBemm("block");
</script>

React example

class Example extends React.Component {

  const bemm = useBemm('block', {
    return: 'string'
  });

  render() {
    return (
      <div className={bemm()}>
        <div className={bemm("child")}></div>
      </div>
    );
  }
}

Multiple functions in once

You can also use the spread method to get the bemm and /docs/useClasses functions in one declration from useBemm, in this way you can use both, with the same block.

import { useBemm } from "bemm";

const { bemm, classes } = useBemm("block");

const mainClasses = classes("", ["something"], "to", { m: "add" });

render`
    <div class="${mainClasses}">
        <div class="${bemm("inner")}></div>
    </div>
`;

<div class="block block__something block__to block--add">
  <div class="block__inner"></div>
</div>

How

In order to use the function, you have to initiate the function with it’s block class.

Create the function an set the the block

const bemm = useBemm("my-block-class");

bemm();
// my-block-class

bemm("lorem");
// my-block-class__lorem

bemm("lorem", "ipsum");
// my-block-class__lorem--ipsum

Then you will be able to use the bemm function throughout your html to create the desired classes.

Arguments

On the initial generateBemm function, there is only one argument, which is the
string for the block.

The create bemm function, or whatever you want to call it, has two arguments:

Argument	Default	Type
element	""	string | bemmObject
modifier	""	string | string[] \ { [key:string] : boolean | number }
show	true	boolean

interface bemmObject {
  element: string;
  modifier: string | string[] | {[key:string]: boolean | number };
  show?: boolean;
}

Usage

Basic usage

import { useBemm } from "bemm";

const bemm = useBemm('app');

bemm() // --> .app

bemm('container') // --> .app__container

bemm('container','red') // --> .app__container--red

Advanced Usage

You can use the Bemm function more advanced with different values to either create sets or make values show or not based on other variables.

import { useBemm } from "bemm";

const bemm = useBemm('app');

const isRed = false;
const hasBorder = true;
const isLarge = true;
const isDarkmode = false;

// With boolean values

bemm('container',{
  red: isRed,
  bordered: hasBorder,
  large: isLarge,
  darkmode: isDarkmode
}) // --> ['.app__container--bordered', '.app__container--large']

// With boolean values, but either/or 

bemm('container',{
  'red|blue': isRed,
  'bordered|simple': hasBorder,
  'large|small': isLarge,
  'darkmode|lightmode': isDarkmode
}) // --> ['.app__container--blue', '.app__container--bordered', '.app__container--large','.app__container--lightmode']

// Or you can give a series of values and base the value on a number


bemm('container',{
  'red|blue|yellow': 2,
  'active|inactive': 0,
  'small|medium|large': 1,
  'something|else': 5
}) // --> ['.app__container--yellow','.app__container--active','.app__container__medium', '.app__container']
// Notice how the last value returns the basic element, this is because the 5th element in the array is not found and therefore null is returns, this results in returning a value without modifier. 

### A project by Sil

Sil is developer from Holland living in Malta and always busy creating new little open source tools and projects. A few of his other projects;

__Tools__

- [Bemm](https://bemm.sil.mt), simple function to create easy and consequent BEM classes.
- [CLI Block](https://cli-block.sil.mt), for good looking scripts.
- [Gieter](https://gieter.sil.mt), creates small websites based on Markdown in seconds
- [ID](https://id.sil.mt), Create unique ID's
- [Themer](https://themer.sil.mt), Sass tooling to create a themable interface
- [Commit](https://commit.sil.mt), a bash interface for commits.
- [Iconator](https://iconator.sil.mt), build your favicons with a single command. 
- [CSS Order](https://css-order.sil.mt), the help to order your css properties consistent.
- [Create Component](https://create-component.sil.mt), a bash script to create my own style Vue components.
- [WS Launch](https://ws-launch.sil.mt), to fire up a mock Web Socket.


__Projects__

- [Billy](https://billy.sil.mt), to create my invoices without a database.
- [HTML Icons](https://icons.sil.mt), find the right html special characters easily. 

Or more information on [sil.mt](https://sil.mt)