Comments on: Using Compass and Sass for CSS in your Next Project http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/using-compass-and-sass-for-css-in-your-next-project/ Web Development & Design Tutorials Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:34:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: noviolence http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/using-compass-and-sass-for-css-in-your-next-project/comment-page-2/#comment-168101 noviolence Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:10:35 +0000 http://net.tutsplus.com/?p=6520#comment-168101 I'm having several problems: related to compass: "could not find gem chriseppstein-compass locally or in a repository" gem version is 1.3.5 and i can't convert a sass file with "sass style.sass style.css" neither :( any help welcome I’m having several problems:

related to compass:
“could not find gem chriseppstein-compass locally or in a repository”
gem version is 1.3.5

and i can’t convert a sass file with
“sass style.sass style.css” neither :(

any help welcome

]]> By: Chris Colman http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/using-compass-and-sass-for-css-in-your-next-project/comment-page-2/#comment-163778 Chris Colman Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:33:42 +0000 http://net.tutsplus.com/?p=6520#comment-163778 Over the last few hours have installed and trialled compass.... very nice. It's not until you actually build a significant .sass file to create a .css that you'd require for an average website that you realize how much more concise and maintainable the .sass file is compared to .css. It's really easy to go in and make changes to the .sass whereas changing .css usually means finding and changing the same thing in multiple places and crossing your fingers, hoping that you found them all. Over the last few hours have installed and trialled compass…. very nice. It’s not until you actually build a significant .sass file to create a .css that you’d require for an average website that you realize how much more concise and maintainable the .sass file is compared to .css.

It’s really easy to go in and make changes to the .sass whereas changing .css usually means finding and changing the same thing in multiple places and crossing your fingers, hoping that you found them all.

]]> By: Maya http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/using-compass-and-sass-for-css-in-your-next-project/comment-page-2/#comment-128697 Maya Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:57:40 +0000 http://net.tutsplus.com/?p=6520#comment-128697 i see its great as long as you started working with it a lot, the first time i used it, it took me a lot of time to write the syntax and to think how to write less. the thing that i need to know, is the compiled css file size good enough for the project performance? i see its great as long as you started working with it a lot, the first time i used it, it took me a lot of time to write the syntax and to think how to write less. the thing that i need to know, is the compiled css file size good enough for the project performance?

]]> By: Martin http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/using-compass-and-sass-for-css-in-your-next-project/comment-page-2/#comment-117916 Martin Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:17:07 +0000 http://net.tutsplus.com/?p=6520#comment-117916 actually a really inspiring discussion :) first i didn't get it, now i start to see how it could pay back in time. since it's abstract in comparison to plain css it needs some thinking in order to be productive for you. i guess once i start using it and start thinking out of the box it could really pay back in time. unless by that time something else shows up... :) but taking a risk also always pays back, one way or another. thanks for the article and the patience actually a really inspiring discussion :) first i didn’t get it, now i start to see how it could pay back in time. since it’s abstract in comparison to plain css it needs some thinking in order to be productive for you. i guess once i start using it and start thinking out of the box it could really pay back in time. unless by that time something else shows up… :) but taking a risk also always pays back, one way or another. thanks for the article and the patience

]]> By: Paul du Coudray http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/using-compass-and-sass-for-css-in-your-next-project/comment-page-1/#comment-117566 Paul du Coudray Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:56:44 +0000 http://net.tutsplus.com/?p=6520#comment-117566 Robbie and others, I've been designing websites and web applications for years now, and compass/sass has been the single most revolutionary thing in my working life... I can't say enough good things about it. I used to be a print designer with absolutely no technical background at all, and I made the effort to learn this and it paid off within a week. Robbie and others, I’ve been designing websites and web applications for years now, and compass/sass has been the single most revolutionary thing in my working life… I can’t say enough good things about it. I used to be a print designer with absolutely no technical background at all, and I made the effort to learn this and it paid off within a week.

]]> By: Chris Eppstein http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/using-compass-and-sass-for-css-in-your-next-project/comment-page-2/#comment-115264 Chris Eppstein Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:37:39 +0000 http://net.tutsplus.com/?p=6520#comment-115264 For those of you who don't understand the point, I wrote a blog post for you to explain the benefits: http://chriseppstein.github.com/blog/2009/09/20/why-stylesheet-abstraction-matters/ For those of you who don’t understand the point, I wrote a blog post for you to explain the benefits:

http://chriseppstein.github.com/blog/2009/09/20/why-stylesheet-abstraction-matters/

]]> By: Majic3 http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/using-compass-and-sass-for-css-in-your-next-project/comment-page-2/#comment-115252 Majic3 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:19:34 +0000 http://net.tutsplus.com/?p=6520#comment-115252 I have loved the idea of compass since seeing it; but am now looking at using csscaffold since I use php more than ruby so for me csscaffold is my preferance over compass (for php users this is a must see). Once you grasp the power and immediacy that sass provides and compass further enabls you to harness I am sure many will adopt it for regular use. Its a great concept beacuse you can produce a custmised bespoke css out that is clean by compiling your sass using mixins (patterns) which can be repeated in sequences if need be. You can use a framework and map classes from the framework to your own liking. This way you can get the benefits of using frameworks but without the hassles. Much of the concepts used within sass can (when modfied) be to css (indenting etc -- of cource sass nests as well as embeds therefore you have to type less which means fewer typo mistakes) Seeing the comments above its clear that many don't see this. Though still in the first foot steps of sass use myself (perhaps Chris or Andrew could clarify / epxand upon what I am trying to convey) +customise output +(re)use existing patterns & framworks +repeat sets of classes etc (typography h1-h6 may be made from a mixin with margins font size altering with each interation) +use mathmatical expressions +use contsants so yes you can change #header, #footer bg colour quite easily with css across 1,000s of pages but sass takes this further eg you could use constants and math to alter many such settings within nested sass sheets rules and uses of mixins in your screen.sass or whatever your master project sheet is called -- but you could also use sass to create sets of sheets which use & resuse sass to produce css sheets -- a web dev could set up a sass libs (mixins & frameworks) from which client work can be styled rapidly - its adding another part to the process of production - sass requires strict formating that css does not (messy css is hard to maintain) - at times you may find that I have loved the idea of compass since seeing it; but am now looking at using csscaffold since I use php more than ruby so for me csscaffold is my preferance over compass (for php users this is a must see).

Once you grasp the power and immediacy that sass provides and compass further enabls you to harness I am sure many will adopt it for regular use.

Its a great concept beacuse you can produce a custmised bespoke css out that is clean by compiling your sass using mixins (patterns) which can be repeated in sequences if need be. You can use a framework and map classes from the framework to your own liking. This way you can get the benefits of using frameworks but without the hassles. Much of the concepts used within sass can (when modfied) be to css (indenting etc — of cource sass nests as well as embeds therefore you have to type less which means fewer typo mistakes)

Seeing the comments above its clear that many don’t see this. Though still in the first foot steps of sass use myself (perhaps Chris or Andrew could clarify / epxand upon what I am trying to convey)

+customise output
+(re)use existing patterns & framworks
+repeat sets of classes etc (typography h1-h6 may be made from a mixin with margins font size altering with each interation)
+use mathmatical expressions
+use contsants so yes you can change #header, #footer bg colour quite easily with css across 1,000s of pages but sass takes this further eg you could use constants and math to alter many such settings within nested sass sheets rules and uses of mixins in your screen.sass or whatever your master project sheet is called — but you could also use sass to create sets of sheets which use & resuse sass to produce css sheets — a web dev could set up a sass libs (mixins & frameworks) from which client work can be styled rapidly

- its adding another part to the process of production
- sass requires strict formating that css does not (messy css is hard to maintain)
- at times you may find that

]]> By: theromanempire http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/using-compass-and-sass-for-css-in-your-next-project/comment-page-2/#comment-114531 theromanempire Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:24:55 +0000 http://net.tutsplus.com/?p=6520#comment-114531 its amazing reading the comments how many people just dont get what this is, how it actually works, and how it is beneficial. maybe the tutorial isnt written that great... its amazing reading the comments how many people just dont get what this is, how it actually works, and how it is beneficial.

maybe the tutorial isnt written that great…

]]> By: Nathan Weizenbaum http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/using-compass-and-sass-for-css-in-your-next-project/comment-page-1/#comment-101940 Nathan Weizenbaum Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:02:50 +0000 http://net.tutsplus.com/?p=6520#comment-101940 Give it a try before you judge too hastily. Convert a stylesheet or two by hand, just to check it out, then see what you think. Give it a try before you judge too hastily. Convert a stylesheet or two by hand, just to check it out, then see what you think.

]]> By: Benjamin Reid http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/using-compass-and-sass-for-css-in-your-next-project/comment-page-1/#comment-101604 Benjamin Reid Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:10:35 +0000 http://net.tutsplus.com/?p=6520#comment-101604 Maybe they... beat you to it? Maybe they… beat you to it?

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