JasonLewis Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Sass, it's goal is to make writing CSS less painful. Quickly looking over some docs and reading a bit about it it surely seems to sell itself well. The idea of using variables inside CSS is great, and then mixins (like functions) is even better. It all sounds pretty awesome, but then in the back of my brain there is a little voice saying "oh but that's not the way it's being done in normal CSS". Eh, I don't really know... It seems like a great idea and many people are using things like Sass I believe. What are your thoughts? Anyone using or have used it before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I use LESS instead of SASS together with Zen Coding and 960 CSS Framework. I "hate" writing HTML/CSS so anything that can get the job done quickly, I'm game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonLewis Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 So do you think LESS is better than? I've seen a few comparisons, but some personal opinions would be great. Did you use Sass before Less? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Nope, I never used SASS although I did know about it when I started using LESS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I've been using Sass and Haml on a project I'm working on in rails and love them both. Sass really is just the missing parts of CSS. Ive used LESS a few times as well, mutch the same thing. I wouldn't feel too badly about it. Whatever can save you some work, it gets compiled down to everyday css before being served anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonLewis Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 I wouldn't feel too badly about it. Whatever can save you some work, it gets compiled down to everyday css before being served anyway. True, but how good is the compiled CSS? I've looked at a few pages that use Sass and it looks okay (the compiled CSS that is). @ignace: Does LESS compile pretty smoothly? And is installing it easy? You need node.js first, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 @ignace: Does LESS compile pretty smoothly? And is installing it easy? You need node.js first, right? It gets compiled smoothly IMO, at least when I used it. I had been using the PHP compiler before and was happy with it. I have no idea if it is still up-to-date or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 @ignace: Does LESS compile pretty smoothly? And is installing it easy? You need node.js first, right? Yup you can grab the node.exe (look under unstable) from the node.js website if you are using Windows. Or use Chocolatey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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