How do I type Sass watch command when using the Scout app?

Hi Jane,

Open a command line terminal in the root of your project. The easiest way to do this is by holding shift then right click inside the directory. This will show you a context menu with "Open command window here" very useful. Then type sass --watch [input]:[output] where input is the relative path to your sass/scss directory and output is the relative path to your css directory.

Example

sass --watch scss/:css/

Hi Robert,

What is the root of my project? I have installed Scout, how can I do the same as the code above but via Scout? Apparently, because I use Windows, I cannot get direct access to my pc's command line.

These above obstacles, can you help me with?

Thank you so much. Jane

My experience with Scout was short - mainly that it wouldn't work for me. I'm also a Windows user (8.1, 64-bit) - I assure you that you do have access to your PC's command line.

The root of your project is simply the folder you open that contains your project. For example, if I have a project on my Desktop in a folder called myapp then the root of my project is .../Desktop/myapp/ - when you double click it to open the folder, you are in the root of the project.

There are many ways to open the command line terminal in Windows. The easiest, and most useful that I've found, is when in a directory, hold shift and right click. In the context menu, the option "Open command window here" will work. Also, you can click the start button and click run and type cmd to open the command line terminal.

I'm sorry that I can't offer specific advice using Scout, but I hope this alternative approach will prove useful.