Sass and Compass Designer's Cookbook

Key FeaturesLeverage Sass to make your CSS code maintainable, reusable and prevent code duplicationsShorten debug time with Sass when creating complex CSS code for different browsers and devicesWrite easy and bullet-proof CSS with Compass using this step-by-step and detailed guideBook DescriptionSass and Compass Designer's Cookbook helps you to get most out of CSS3 and harness its benefits to create engaging and receptive applications. This book will help you develop faster and reduce the maintenance time for your web development projects by using Sass and Compass. You will learn how to use with CSS frameworks such as Bootstrap and Foundation and understand how to use other libraries of pre-built mixins. You will also learn setting up a development environment with Gulp.This book guides you through all the concepts and gives you practical examples for full understanding.What you will learnSpend less time debugging codeCompile Sass code into readable and maintainable CSSIntegrate Sass in your own projectsReuse your code to prevent code duplicationsWrite reusable and portable CSS codeMake use of pre-built and established code written by other developersReduce development and maintenance time of your projectsSet up a development environment with GulpAbout the AuthorBass Jobsen has been programming for the Web since 1995, covering everything from C to PHP and is always on the hunt to find the most accessible interfaces. He is based in Orthen, the Netherlands.Bass uses Sass in his daily job for web designing tasks and WordPress theme development.He can be contacted via http://stackoverflow.com/users/1596547/bass-jobsen and he writes a blog that you can find at http://bassjobsen.weblogs.fm/.Also, check his Bootstrap WordPress Starters Themes (JBST) and other projects at GitHub: https://github.com/bassjobsen.Information on his current projects and development is available at http://www.streetart.com/, https://menstrualcups.eu/ and https://github.com/bassjobsen/jbst-4-sass.Table of ContentsGetting Started with SassDebugging Your CodeVariables, Mixins, and FunctionsNested Selectors and Modular CSSBuilt-in FunctionsUsing CompassCross-Browser CSS3 MixinsAdvanced Sass CodingBuilding Layouts with SassBuilding Grid-based Layouts with Susy and SassFoundation and SassBootstrap and SassMeeting the Bourbon FamilyRuby on Rails and SassBuilding Mobile AppsSetting up a Build Chain with Grunt