There's an even better feature in Sass called mixins. Basically, they are a method for abstracting out repetition. For instance, it's a drag to type in vendor prefixes for CSS3, but I can declare a mixin using the @mixin keyword and then create a template chock-full of vendor prefixes. Here, I have declared a mixin named transition:
@mixin transition($property: all, $duration: .25s, $timing-function: ease) { -webkit-transition: $property $duration $timing-function; transition: $property $duration $timing-function;}
The mixin has parenthesis with arguments inside of it, $property, $duration, and $timing-function. Each argument has a default assigned to it, all, .25s, and ease. Then I have the -webkit- prefixed transition property and ...