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CSS Sass Basics Write Smart and Efficient CSS with Sass Separate Your Stylesheet Into Partials

Aakash Srivastava
Aakash Srivastava
5,415 Points
Posted by Aakash Srivastava
Aakash Srivastava
5,415 Points

Seperate your stylesheet into partials

I watched both the course "Sass Basics" and "CSS to Sass" , the major difference what I saw between the two courses is "stage at which partial is getting created" .

In this course , he is creating partials in much later stage i,e after creating mixins, variables etc.
While , in CSS to Sass course , he created the partials right at the beginning of the course and then created the mixins and variables.

I am confused and not able to implement SASS into my project due to this confusion - which way to go?
Should I create partials at the beginning or after creating refactoing your whole CSS withi mixins , variables , extend , placeholder ?
Any help would be much appreciated.

1 Answer

Austin Whipple
Austin Whipple
29,725 Points
Austin Whipple
Austin Whipple
29,725 Points

Generally, when starting from scratch with Sass, you'll want to think through and create partials to cover the big chunks of your styles and mixins. No correct answer for what those should be, since they can be different for every developer, team, and/or project. You can also always add more and split partials into smaller files as you go. Whatever workflow works best for you and the project.

The CSS to Sass course is strictly discussing refactoring existing CSS into Sass for easier future maintenance. When starting a new project, there's no reason you need to start with CSS and then refactor into Sass.

Aakash Srivastava
Aakash Srivastava
5,415 Points
Aakash Srivastava
Aakash Srivastava
5,415 Points

Austin Whipple So , can we start right from SASS ?
I was thinking about starting from SASS ,then I thought it would be difficult .
I need you help , is it possible to start from SASS rather than css?
Which methodology should i follow , I am a newbie and I understood almost all the concepts related to SASS .
But , when it comes to implementation , i got freezed. I have no clue ,how to start.