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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Speeding up Workflow with Sass Working with Sass Libraries

Patrick O'Dacre
Patrick O'Dacre
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Posted by Patrick O'Dacre
Patrick O'Dacre
15,471 Points

How is site speed affected by importing Bourbon or Compass?

Wondering if it would be better just to cut / paste the few mixins, etc. you need when you're creating a site with WordPress - essentially creating your own, smaller library.

2 Answers

Sage Elliott
Sage Elliott
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Sage Elliott
Sage Elliott
30,003 Points

You could do that, but in my experience I haven't seen noticeable slowness. I'm not sure how you're using it but usually the SASS files are compiled to a CSS file anyway using the code you've written so no un-needed code bloating it should be there.

Patrick O'Dacre
Patrick O'Dacre
15,471 Points
Patrick O'Dacre
Patrick O'Dacre
15,471 Points

ah! Excellent point. The only thing being read by the browser would be the compiled css file, of course.

Thanks!