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Tag Archives: css preprocessors

Create a Themable Button Set with Sass

Guil Hernandez ● January 29th, 2013 ● CSS, CSS3, Learn to Code, Make a Website | Tagged css, css preprocessors, css3, sass, Sass Tutorials ● 7 comments
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If you have yet to give Sass a try, don’t worry, this is a good place to start. And if you haven’t already read Andrew’s primer on Sass, give it a read for a better understanding of what we’ll be …Continue reading →

The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Sass

Andrew Chalkley ● January 16th, 2013 ● CSS3, Learn to Code, Make a Website | Tagged css, css preprocessors, css3, sass, web design ● No comments
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What is Sass? Sass stands for Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets Sass, and was created by Hampton Catlin. It’s a way to simplify your CSS workflow, making development and maintenance tasks easier. For instance, have you ever had to do a find-and-replace …Continue reading →

The Ecstasy and Agony of Compass Sprite Generation, Part 1

Tracy Rotton ● December 21st, 2012 ● Code, CSS, Learn to Code, Make a Website | Tagged compass, compass sprites, css, css preprocessors, css3, sprites ● 3 comments
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CSS preprocessors have become increasingly popular in recent years because of their capacity to do a lot of the most tedious parts of CSS for you automatically. (For an overview of the different CSS preprocessors available, see How to Choose …Continue reading →

How to Choose the Right CSS Preprocessor

Guil Hernandez ● November 14th, 2012 ● CSS, CSS3, Make a Website | Tagged compass, css preprocessors, LESS, sass, Stylus ● 2 comments
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You’ve probably already heard of CSS preprocessors by now, but haven’t quite plucked up the courage to try one because of the learning curve, or maybe because “preprocessor” just plain sounds intimidating. So let’s put those uncertainties at ease and go …Continue reading →

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