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Introducing Dart Sass

A Practical Introduction to the Replacement for Sass, Built on Dart

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  • First book on the market that covers the recent Sass migration to using Dart as its underlying technology – quicker and easier to use, with no need to learn Ruby

  • Get up to speed with Sass quickly, with minimal effort and maximum results, and without the need for lots of additional tools

  • Breaks down some of the more advanced topics to a level that beginners can understand, and apply as new techniques in their own development, at their own pace

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introducing Sass

    • Alex Libby
    Pages 1-33
  3. Introducing Variables and Mixins

    • Alex Libby
    Pages 35-62
  4. Creating Nested Styles

    • Alex Libby
    Pages 63-88
  5. Calculating Values Using Operations

    • Alex Libby
    Pages 89-135
  6. Making the Conversion to Using Sass

    • Alex Libby
    Pages 137-169
  7. Introducing Our Project

    • Alex Libby
    Pages 171-198
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 199-206

About this book

Leverage the power of Dart Sass to quickly create valid CSS styles for use within websites. This short project-oriented book simplifies the process of creating and manipulating Sass code in the browser, for websites, or online applications, using little more than a text editor or free software. 

Designed to be much faster and simpler to use, yet still maintain the same features as past versions of Sass, Dart Sass offers a host of benefits of using it against writing CSS manually. You will be equipped with a starting toolset that you can use to develop future projects, incorporate into your existing workflow and reduce any dependency on graphics applications such as Illustrator for simple projects.

Dart Sass is a complete rewrite of what many know as Ruby Sass but you don’t have to convert your whole work process immediately to working with Sass. You will learn how to incorporate as little or as much as you need, and how to build on it as your skills develop. 

We live in an age where speed and simplicity are of the essence – Introducing Dart Sass provides a perfect way to create valid CSS quickly, efficiently, and with the minimum of fuss. 

What You Will Learn

  • Understand how Sass works and the benefits of using it against writing CSS manually
  • Create styles quickly and easily, using the power of Sass
  • Apply styles from pre-built libraries, to help reduce time and effort required
  • Gain an appreciation of the importance of optimizing content for efficiency
  • Work through a real-world project example using Sass and third-party Sass-based libraries.

Who This Book Is For

  • Website developers who are already familiar with writing CSS and to learn how to leverage Sass to quickly and more efficiently create valid CSS in projects. 
  • Those in agile development teams, where time is of the essence, and the pressure is on to deliver results quickly.
  • Developers who want to focus on simplicity to produce properly optimized content in modern browsers using tools already in their possession.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Rugby, Warwickshire, UK

    Alex Libby

About the author

Alex Libby is an A/B testing developer and seasoned computer book author, who hails from England. His passion for all things Open Source dates back to the days of his degree studies, where he first came across web development, and has been hooked ever since. His daily work involves extensive use of JavaScript, HTML and CSS to manipulate existing website content; Alex enjoys tinkering with different open source libraries to see how they work. He has spent a stint maintaining the jQuery Tools library, and enjoys writing about Open Source technologies, principally for front end UI development.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Introducing Dart Sass

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Introduction to the Replacement for Sass, Built on Dart

  • Authors: Alex Libby

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4372-5

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books

  • Copyright Information: Alex Libby 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-4371-8Published: 13 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-4372-5Published: 11 February 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 206

  • Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Web Development

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 19.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 29.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access