Part 1. Getting acquainted with Sass and Compass

The first part of this book introduces you to Sass and Compass, looking at Sass’s core and covering some of the principles behind writing dynamic stylesheets. In chapter 1, we look at what it means to author stylesheets dynamically and discuss development principles to help wield this power wisely. You’ll see how Sass simplifies stylesheet authoring by helping you avoid repetition with selector nesting and variables, and how you can intelligently reuse common styles and patterns using @extend and mixins. We discuss the Compass framework and how it provides patterns and tools to make styling websites smooth and efficient.

Chapter 2 helps you get acquainted with the Sass syntax and its many powerful ...

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