

- #GET CSS FILE BACK THAT PREPROS WROTE OVER HOW TO#
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Having both open ensures you don't make any errors because 1 wrong nesting inside jade/sass can screw up your entire code but in most cases it's easy to fix. This is an example from when I was learning so theres no blocks/includes which I use alot now, I figured you'd prefer to see some real code. Look at how much easier and faster the jade looks than the html. This way you can make sure your not making any errors and see the html code compiled every time you save. Now the reason why you will need a text editor like brackets or sublime text where you can split your code editor into 2 is so you can have the index.jade open on the left side, and the index.html open on the right side. jade file in a text editor the compiler will automatically compile/update the corresponding html file. Once you have both a index.jade and index.html file than every time you save the. So if you have a "index.jade" you will need to compile index.jade to index.html using the compiler.
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There are many great pieces of software that allow you to do this so I will just list a few they have listed on the SASS website.Ĭode (markup):In order to compile your files automatically you will need to have your chosen software open (with the selected project - just drag the folder into the compiler) and all of your file names must match up. Lastly you need something to compile these new languages into proper html/css.
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Next you just need to open up your command terminal and type in " gem install sass" or " sudo gem install sass" (try sudo if the first one doesn't work). Sass has a Ruby dependency but if you're using a Mac Ruby comes pre-installed. It may take a few coding jobs to get used to but I'm telling you boy is it worth it. Combined with Jade and you will notice an increase in coding speed with some practice of course. SASS is very powerful as you can see by the examples I've given above.
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It's very similar to css and is very easy to learn - in fact I didn't even need a tutorial to learn it because the only major change is the format - and the extra features that come with it.Ĭode (markup):Powerful right? There are many great mixins on the web if your not sure how to write your own. Its a template engine (like Jade) that makes your life a whole lot easier when working with CSS. Sass is the most mature, stable, and powerful professional grade CSS extension language in the world. After thats installed open up your terminal and type "npm install jade -global" Head over to and download the latest version for your OS. So you will need to install that before installing Jade. Jade runs off the popular and powerful node.js. A great resource to learn Jade is or you can check out this video course at tutsplus: (Use the free trial and do it fast ). If not, you may not be experienced enough in HTML. In fact you should be able to understand the Jade code example I gave above, and notice the differences. Now learning jade is quite easy if your familiar with HTML. And so much more! Check them out for yourself here: I won't get into this in great detail but heres the reference link: So if you had a separate jade file for your header/footer you can include it by typing "./includes/head.jade". Includes is very similar to the above 'Extends' by inserting the content of another jade file into your current. Below is an example of a Jade file, and the html file it creates (with the help of Prepros but I'll get into that later).Ĭode (markup):Simple right? Learn more about this here:


Alot of people may be intimated by the thought of learning a new language but it is very similar and makes your life a whole lot easier. Jade is a cool, high-performance (probably the most used) templating engine for Node.js. Now going from a default text editor like notepad to Brackets will increase your coding speed alone because of its many great features (auto finish, auto tab, edit a class by hitting ctrl+e, and much more) that may seem minimal but they help alot! I prefer brackets but both are great! Most of you will probably already have either sublimetext or brackets, if you do just ignore this section.
