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<script src="https://unpkg.com/colcade@0/colcade.js"></script>

<div class="grid">
  <!-- columns -->
  <div class="grid-col grid-col--1"></div>
  <div class="grid-col grid-col--2"></div>
  <div class="grid-col grid-col--3"></div>
  <div class="grid-col grid-col--4"></div>
  <!-- items -->
  <div class="grid-item">...</div>
  <div class="grid-item">...</div>
  <div class="grid-item">...</div>
  ...
</div>

/* Using floats */
.grid-col {
  float: left;
  width: 50%;
}

/* 2 columns by default, hide columns 2 & 3 */
.grid-col--2, .grid-col--3 { display: none }

/* 3 columns at medium size */
@media ( min-width: 768px ) {
  .grid-col { width: 33.333%; }
  .grid-col--2 { display: block; } /* show column 2 */
}

/* 4 columns at large size */
@media ( min-width: 1080px ) {
  .grid-col { width: 25%; }
  .grid-col--3 { display: block; } /* show column 3 */
}

/* with flexbox */
.grid {
  display: -webkit-box;
  display: -webkit-flex;
  display: -ms-flexbox;
  display: flex;
}

.grid-col {
  -webkit-box-flex: 1;
  -webkit-flex-grow: 1;
  -ms-flex-positive: 1;
  flex-grow: 1;
}

/* 2 columns by default, hide columns 2 & 3 */
.grid-col--2, .grid-col--3 { display: none }

/* 3 columns at medium size */
@media ( min-width: 768px ) {
  .grid-col--2 { display: block; } /* show column 2 */
}

/* 4 columns at large size */
@media ( min-width: 1080px ) {
  .grid-col--3 { display: block; } /* show column 3 */
}

$('.grid').colcade({
  columns: '.grid-col',
  items: '.grid-item'
})

// element as first argument
var grid = document.querySelector('.grid');
var colc = new Colcade( grid, {
  columns: '.grid-col',
  items: '.grid-item'
});

// selector string as first argument
var colc = new Colcade( '.grid', {
  columns: '.grid-col',
  items: '.grid-item'
});

<div class="grid" data-colcade="columns: .grid-col, items: .grid-item">
  ...
</div>

// jQuery
$grid.colcade( 'append', items )
// vanilla JS
colc.append( items )

// jQuery
$grid.colcade( 'prepend', items )
// vanilla JS
colc.prepend( items )

// jQuery
$grid.colcade('destroy')
// vanilla JS
colc.destroy()