As projects grows larger, the need to modularize directory and file structure increases. This is particularly true if you want to create code that can be used in other projects, in components and patterns across one or more projects, or in templates you share with others.
Tag: sass
Sass: The @import Directive
One way to writer DRYer code is to separate concerns and keep related code in separate files. This allows you to maintain code in one file as opposed to maintaining the same code over several or many files.
Sass: The @media Directive
One of the cornerstones of responsive design is the media query. The @media directive provides a mechanism for serving different styles to different devices with different characteristics. Sass both supports and extends the @media rule.
Sass: @-Rules and Directives
While CSS isn’t a programming language, it includes some programming-like features. For example @-rules provide a simple control mechanism for running one block of code instead of another. Sass as you would guess extends these rules and provides a few of its own.
How To Use Sass Variables
Think of all the times you might add the same color to different elements or classes in your CSS file and then think of all the fun you have changing everything when you decide another color would work better. Wouldn’t you prefer to make the change once and have the rest update automatically?