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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Speeding up Workflow with Sass Importing Files

Posted by Josh Hicks
Josh Hicks
14,146 Points

Do Sass partials still create more than one http request?

If they do create one request per @import rule, then is there a way to optimize your css for deployment in actual production version?

4 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points

No Sass imports do not. They happen in the precompiler.

You can have a hundred Sass imports in one file, and at the end, you'll get one CSS file, which will only make one request. It's a huge bonus of using Sass.

Víctor Rico
Víctor Rico
17,808 Points
Víctor Rico
Víctor Rico
17,808 Points

You're welcome.

You can organize your project as you wish, a well structured sass project will make things easier whenever you need to change/add something in your project.

Víctor Rico
Víctor Rico
17,808 Points
Víctor Rico
Víctor Rico
17,808 Points

Projects with a lot of Sass will take longer to compile, keep that in mind. Sass it's being ported to C, so it compiles faster than SASS Ruby. It's called LibSass http://libsass.org/.

Josh Hicks
Josh Hicks
14,146 Points
Josh Hicks
Josh Hicks
14,146 Points

wow that's really awesome!! I've been scared to use them until I found this out for sure.
Thanks!