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Development Tools Console Foundations Getting Started with the Console Reading Files

Tim Lefort
Tim Lefort
4,557 Points
Posted by Tim Lefort
Tim Lefort
4,557 Points

Using Less for console

I don't know either yet (Less vs Sass) but I was wondering if in using the console if using Sass is possible...I tried typing Sass instead of lass and it came up prompting to install.

I'm only curious because I see the trends of the industry moving towards Sass over Less recently but I don't know either yet and may be speaking out of ignorance here and may be two different uses Console vs CSS preprocessors

I might be jumping the gun since I haven't finished the console course and may be explained later but I figured this is a good way to try out the question/discussion section and do my first post.

2 Answers

Tim Lefort
Tim Lefort
4,557 Points
Tim Lefort
Tim Lefort
4,557 Points

Thanks for the reply Jacob. You answered a good amount of my question in that SASS isn't used. Is Less using the console the same thing as Less for CSS preprocessing or just the same name I guess should have been my question. I'm trying to dive into git/grunt and CSS preprocessors and am a noob on these topics.

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

This is the perfect way to learn, asking questions. Less and Sass can't be read by a web browser, like how CSS can, they need to be complied into CSS prior. Remember your console is your computer, and we use the console to do it. So if we need our computer to do something we generally do it in the console. I highly recommend git! it will save you so much headache. Personally I use gulp, but whatever works for you. If you have any other questions please feel free to ask.

I hope this helps.

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

You don't use Sass in a console, it is use to style the frontend of sites. the only relationship Sass has with the console is by using a watch command either with gulp/grunt or just simply using watch in the console. Outside of that there is really no relationship with Sass and the console. Yes, Sass is the leader vs Less. I'm not sure of your question. Do you want to know how to compile Sass by using the console?