Chapter 1. Introducing Less
Are you tired of writing the same old CSS styles for client websites only to find out that you're repeating yourself? Wish you could cut down on what you write and still produce the same results…?
Well, you can. Welcome to the world of CSS preprocessors, and in particular, Less! CSS preprocessors such as Less are designed to help you reorganize your styles to smaller, more manageable chunks of reusable code that you can store and reference as and when your projects demand.
Less, designed as a superset or extension of CSS, is very much about making your development work easier—it incorporates variables and functions that are more likely to be seen in scripting languages such as JavaScript while still compiling in valid ...
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