Sass
Introduction
Advantages
- Named Colors
Prior to variables in CSS this was just allowed the user to define a color
- Removes Duplication
Saas allows you to put common code into function to reduce duplication
- Cascading is simpler
Saas provide a way to inherit from other declaration
- Improved Calculations
Saas allows you to calculate based on other another value e.g. fonts +2px
- Better Imports
Saas allows combining of imports to reduce the number of round trips.
LESS
Intro
- Compiles to CSS
- All CSS is valid LESS
Client
The less.js will transform the file to css.
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet/ess"
type="text/css"
href="css/my.less">
<script src="js/less.js"
type="text/javascript">
</script>
</head>
Server
We can install using
npm i less
And use with
const less = require('less')