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Michael Thomas
10,910 PointsAny one had success with SASS on Windows PC?
When I tried learning Ruby on my Windows laptop it was a nightmare and so I ended up buying an iMac - I'm away from home for a while so I only have my laptop, is running SASS on a windows machine actually realistically feasible without having to jump thru a tun of hoops?!
Michael Thomas
10,910 PointsThanks Tim, I think I'll check out scout. And thank you for pointing that out Kevin, now I know hah
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsNo worries friend! Done it myself, I'm not sure why anyone really cares, but somebody is going to say something if you're using Sass, however SCSS is completely okay typed in all caps, lol. It's like a coder's faux pas.
4 Answers
Tim Knight
28,888 PointsFor the most part running Sass on a Windows machine will require installing either Ruby or Node on your Windows machine. I've installed Ruby on a Windows machine (servers included) without any issue. However there are some GUI options that might simplify things for you:
- Prepros, $29 - https://prepros.io/
- Koala, Free - http://koala-app.com/
- Scout, Free - https://mhs.github.io/scout-app/
All three apps are available on Windows and should help you in working with Sass.
James Anwyl
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 49,960 PointsWas super easy for me. I just followed the instructions on this page
Install ruby > install Sass via cmd > done
Michael Thomas
10,910 PointsThanks James!
jason chan
31,009 PointsYUP you can do it! http://s3.postimg.org/a0l9x9ahv/advancedsass.jpg
https://youtu.be/r7JH7Dwu428 I did tutorial on how to install rails on windows here I'm using windows 8 go into CMD type in first navigate to director of .scss file using cd sass --watch . to compile
jason chan
31,009 PointsAlternative route would been way cheaper is to install. virtual box and ubuntu. Then install rails onto ubuntu.
Linux is huge part of being a full stack developer because linux is Everything server from router to pbx.
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsKevin Korte
28,149 PointsTim had an excellent post, I've used both Prepos and Scout on Windows. Also, as an FYI, it's a minor nuance but Sass is not SASS, it's Sass. It's something the creator Hampton mentioned in a video here, and it's one of those "Haha, newb!" things when you say SASS with caps, and some other web devs might not take you seriously.
I've done the same things, so this is me very nicely just pointing that out. Cheers! :)