4. Framework Architecture

Toucaan's Design Principle: "Everything that is used by an app, lives within the app!"

Base Structure

Displayed below is the folder structure of Toucaan:

project-root
├── toucaan
│   ├── accessibility
│   │   ├── _darkmode.scss
│   │   ├── _notch.scss
│   │   └── _reducemotion.scss
│   ├── app
│   │   ├── desktop
│   │   │   ├── components
│   │   │   │   ├── _hero.scss
│   │   │   │   ├── _form.scss
│   │   │   │   └── Other style partials.
│   │   │   ├── layout
│   │   │   │   └── _layout.scss        /* Desktop specific layout. */
│   │   │   └── desktop.scss
│   │   ├── mobile
│   │   │   ├── components
│   │   │   │   ├── _hero.scss
│   │   │   │   ├── _form.scss
│   │   │   │   └── Other style partials. 
│   │   │   ├── layout
│   │   │   │   └── _layout.scss        /* Mobile specific layout, and so on…*/
│   │   │   └── mobile.scss
│   │   ├── tablet
│   │   ├── television
│   │   ├── vehicles
│   │   └── watch
│   ├── env
│   │   ├── helpers
│   │   └── tags
│   ├── palette
│   ├── router
│   ├── typography
│   └── utils

Toucaan organizes all the css that your application will require.

Device Coverage

Toucaan follows a simple styling architecture that mirrors the diversity of devices on the web today. It covers support for all the web devices possible using Principles of Intrinsic Design.

Here is what its internal structure looks like:

Learn more about the Intrinsic Design Space in the next chapter.