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

shareyourpeace
shareyourpeace
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Posted by shareyourpeace
shareyourpeace
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In which directory should I type sass --watch .

I had this working fine earlier but I ran into trouble when we got to using bourbon. Earlier, if I added code to main.scss terminal output showed that files had updated. Also when I saved main.scss, main.css was auto-generated. I had to start over.

Now I am back to where I was and within terminal have typed the following command at the main prompt and elsewhere.

In terminal 

$ sass --watch .
>>> Sass is watching for changes. Press Ctrl-C to stop.
[Listen warning]:
  Listen will be polling for changes. Learn more at https://github.com/guard/listen#polling-fallback.

I had to recreate main.scss and I saved, then added some code and saved again.

Two things.

  1. When I save, there isn't any Green Output in terminal saying that I have updated main.scss.
  2. main.css is Not being autogenerated.

3 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
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James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

I'm not sure I understand your issue.

In which directory should I type sass --watch .

The . at the end of the command means look in this directory for any files with a scss extension and generate css files

shareyourpeace
shareyourpeace
3,244 Points
shareyourpeace
shareyourpeace
3,244 Points

Okay. Yes. I understand that

. References the current dir

I navigated to the directory where I believe the files exist

Usr/bin

And ran the command. Still no output.

Thanks

Why did my .scss files stop auto generating then.css files ?

Josué Rodriguez
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Josué Rodriguez
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Josué Rodriguez
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Josué Rodriguez
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 24,118 Points

"Why did my .scss files stop auto generating then.css files ?"

Probably because that directory isn't being watched by Sass. I'm new to the terminal but for me typing in: ```cd ~ Ls

Helps me navigate to the folder I'm working in.