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CSS

Buckley Perkes
Buckley Perkes
2,705 Points
Posted by Buckley Perkes
Buckley Perkes
2,705 Points

@import? what are the advantages and when would you actually use it...

I just finished the introduction to CSS and they introduced @import as a way to import CSS styles... Would there ever be an advantage to using this over simply adding an additional <link> to your second CSS file?

Adam Sackfield
Adam Sackfield
Courses Plus Student 19,663 Points

For larger projects with lots of CSS easier to manage in production. Also used alot in SASS the CSS precompiler.

Mike Bronner
Mike Bronner
16,395 Points
Mike Bronner
Mike Bronner
16,395 Points

I would use @import in frameworks that don't have special CSS handlers. For example, WordPress has a special methods to include stylesheets, so in that case I wouldn't use @import.

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Mike Bronner
Mike Bronner
16,395 Points
Mike Bronner
Mike Bronner
16,395 Points

Thanks for that interesting article, James!