diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5dc380c0..a369351b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ # jekyons -Stop writing CSS and start building prototypes. +Stop writing CSS and start building prototypes you dummies. # huh? -Jekyons is a starting point to build prototypes with Jekyll using functional CSS. A few friends asked to check out my prototyping stack so I cleaned it up a little bit and here we are. I've already fumbled around integrating cool stuff like [BrowserSync](https://www.browsersync.io/) (actual magic) and [18F's jekyll-get](https://github.com/18F/jekyll-get) plugin so you don't have to. +Jekyons is a starting point you can use to build Very Good prototypes with [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/) (a powerful static site generator) and [Tachyons](http://tachyons.io/) (a life-changing functional CSS library). A few friends asked to check out my prototyping stack so I cleaned it up a little bit and here we are. I've already fumbled around integrating cool stuff like [BrowserSync](https://www.browsersync.io/) (actual magic) and [18F's jekyll-get](https://github.com/18F/jekyll-get) plugin so you don't have to. # why do I care? GR8 question. Writing CSS is hard. Maintaining CSS across a team of developers and multiple projects is absolutely impossible. That makes prototyping, something that should feel natural in concept, a real bummer in practice. The power of Jekyll templating and the maintainability of Tachyons is the closest I've come to solving that problem. -Take the list of features on the Jekyons website. Responsive columns, multiple repeating elements in each bucket, images; this could easily amount to over 50 lines of HTML and possibly even more CSS. With Jekyll & Tachyons, I was able to lay it out in about 20 minutes with less than 10 lines of code *total*. Check it out: +Still don't get it? For example, take the list of features on the Jekyons website. Responsive columns, multiple repeating elements in each bucket, images; this could easily amount to over 50 lines of HTML and possibly even more CSS. With Jekyll & Tachyons, I was able to lay it out in ~20 minutes with less than 10 lines of code *total*. Check this shit out: ```
@@ -31,6 +31,4 @@ bundle install gulp ``` -This is definitely in alpha, so if you have any trouble with the steps above, [let me know on Twitter](http://www.twitter.com/joshosbrn)! - -# thx +This is very in alpha, so if you have any trouble with the steps above, [let me know on Twitter](http://www.twitter.com/joshosbrn)!