Beginning CSS Preprocessors (eBook)

Learn how preprocessors can make CSS scalable and easy to maintain. You'll see how to write code in a very clean and scalable manner and use CSS preprocessor features such as variables and looping, which are missing in CSS natively. Reading Beginning CSS Preprocessors will make your life much simpler by showing you how to create reusable chunks of code. In addition to coding enhancements, you'll also learn skills such as generating image sprites and minifying code.

Beginning CSS Preprocessors is your guide for getting started with CSS preprocessors. This book shows you how to use CSS in your day-to-day work and thus be smart and efficient at writing CSS.

• What are preprocessors
• What are the known precompiler frameworks
• What are the features of SASS (Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets)
• What is COMPASS (COMPrehensive ASSembler)
• What is LESS (Leaner SS)

Anirudh Prabhu is a software engineer with over 5 years of industry experience. He specializes in technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, PHP, jQuery, Twitter Bootstrap, and SASS, and also has knowledge of CoffeeScript and AngularJS. In addition to web development, he has been involved in building training material and writing tutorials for twenty19  for the technologies mentioned.

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Learn howpreprocessors can make CSS scalable and easy to maintain. You'll see how towrite code in a very clean and scalable manner and use CSS preprocessorfeatures such as variables and looping, which are missing in CSS natively. Reading Beginning CSS Preprocessors will make your life much simpler byshowing you how to create reusable chunks of code. In addition to codingenhancements, you ll also learn to automate processes such as generating imagesprites and minifying code.Beginning CSSPreprocessorsis your guide for getting started with CSS preprocessors. This book shows youhow to use CSS in your day-to-day work and thus be smart and efficient atwriting CSS. What are preprocessors What are the known preprocessor frameworksWhat are the features of Sass (Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets)What is Compass (COMPrehensive ASSembler) What is Less (Leaner SS)