1 Reply Latest reply: Oct 11, 2014 9:35 PM by Ben Pleysier RSS

    Is anybody using LESS or Sass with DW

    matthew stuart Community Member

      That's my question… are you using LESS or Sass with DW?

       

      If so, how are you finding it? Is it a faster development workflow for you?

       

      LESS looks to be the better of the two because you don't have to compile the code before uploading as you can have javascript compile it as the page is loaded, but that obviously adds weight to the page size.

       

      I'm asking because I see DW's CSS panel as a great tool, so I am wondering if I am going to get any real benefit from moving over to one of them. The DW find change tool is also pretty good so I am wondering what is the point of using variables and mixins etc

       

      Is there a way to create and use LESS uncompiled style sheets with the DW CSS panel?

       

      Is this one of those situations where DW has actually made it easier to stay as is rather than move to a newer method of coding?

        • 1. Re: Is anybody using LESS or Sass with DW
          Ben Pleysier CommunityMVP

          are you using LESS or Sass with DW?

          Yes

          If so, how are you finding it? Is it a faster development workflow for you?

          I couldn't do without it. I started off using SASS for Foundation, then changed to LESS for Bootstrap. The change to Bootstrap was merely because of convenience caused by the need to test the DMXZone Bootstrap Dreamweaver extensions. I still feel that Foundation is the better framework.

           

          Having said that, using LESS has enabled me to make changes to the root of the style rather than relying on Bootstrap's classes to make the changes.

          LESS looks to be the better of the two because you don't have to compile the code before uploading as you can have javascript compile it as the page is loaded, but that obviously adds weight to the page size.

          I use Prepros to automatically compile the CSS.

          I'm asking because I see DW's CSS panel as a great tool, so I am wondering if I am going to get any real benefit from moving over to one of them. The DW find change tool is also pretty good so I am wondering what is the point of using variables and mixins etc

          I don't use it (the CSS panel)

          Is there a way to create and use LESS uncompiled style sheets with the DW CSS panel?

          Yes, but you will not unleash the real power of LESS

          Is this one of those situations where DW has actually made it easier to stay as is rather than move to a newer method of coding?

          I doubt it.

           

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