Book description
Sass and Compass in Action is the definitive guide to stylesheet authoring using these two revolutionary tools. Written for both designers and developers, this book demonstrates the power of both Sass and Compass through a series of examples that address common pain points associated with traditional stylesheet authoring. The book begins with simple topics such as CSS resets and moves on to more involved topics such as grid frameworks and CSS3 vendor implementation differences.
About the Technology
Sass is an extension of CSS3, adding language features for creating well-formatted, standard CSS using the command line tool or a web-framework plugin. Compass is a framework that sits atop Sass and tackles common stylesheet problems such as grid layouts, handling CSS3 vendor differences, and production environment stylesheet optimization. Together, they do for CSS what jQuery has done for JavaScript: solve real world problems, letting designers and developers create stylesheets more efficiently.
About the Book
For 15 years, we've been using CSS to patiently paint the web by hand. No more! Sass and Compass add scripting and a library of components to standard CSS so you can simplify stylesheet authoring, automate tedious tasks, and add dynamic styling features to your pages. Think of Sass and Compass as power tools that allow you to paint with remarkable speed and precision.
Sass and Compass in Action is a hands-on guide to stylesheet authoring using these two revolutionary tools. This practical book shows you how to eliminate common CSS pain points and concentrate on making your pages pop. You'll begin with simple topics like CSS resets and then progress to more substantial challenges like building a personal stylesheet framework to bundle and reuse your own approaches and opinions.
What's Inside
- CSS for desktop and mobile web apps
- Loaded with examples and reusable techniques
- Authors are Sass and Compass creators and core team members
About the Reader
About the Authors
Wynn Netherland is a full stack web developer who cohosts The Changelog Podcast. Chris Eppstein is the creator of Compass and a member of the Sass core team. Brandon Mathis is a passionate professional web designer with deep Sass skills. Nathan Weizenbaum is the creator and lead developer of Sass.
Quotes
Salient commentary from the creators of Sass and Compass … a must-read!
- David A. Mosher, DAVEMO Consulting
An excellent reference for learning Sass and Compass.
- Kevin Sylvestre, Pose
Learn from the people who transformed CSS into something fun!
- Jeroen van Dijk, ADGOJI
Takes your understanding of Compass and Sass to the next level.
- James Hafner, Rocket Mobile
Excellent real-world examples.
- Jacob Rohde, Amino
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Brief Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About this Book
- About the Authors
- About the Cover Illustration
- Part 1. Getting acquainted with Sass and Compass
- Part 2. Using Sass and Compass in practice
- Part 3. Tuning for production
- Part 4. Advanced Sass and Compass
- Appendix A. Installing Sass and Compass
- Appendix B. Getting started with Compass
- Appendix C. The Sass syntaxes
- Index
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Listings
Product information
- Title: Sass and Compass in Action
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2013
- Publisher(s): Manning Publications
- ISBN: 9781617290145
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