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Lex Semenenko
9,906 PointsIs PostCSS the future of CSS Preprocessors?
I just learned about PostCSS and was blown away. My first thought was stop focusing on sass and transition to PostCSS. Google and Twitter are using it right now. Bootstrap is going to migrate to PostCSS from Less.
It can do much more than what's possible with sass for example. And it's faster by design.
I am about to start a new project and wonder if I should use PostCSS now to make it more future proof.
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Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 PointsYou could spend a lot of time focusing on whatever is the next big thing, so be careful you don't go running down a rabbit hole and missing out on learning the basics.
I think you can learn a lot by doing Sass, but obviously learning more CSS in general is the best way to future-proof yourself.
As for your new project, it may depend on who else will be seeing/modifying your code in future. Sass is by far the most popular preprocessor so it's usually not much of a stretch to assume another developer will have at least some knowledge of it.
I can't quite remember much about PostCSS, but I think most CSS preprocessors allow you to write regular CSS anyways.
If you're interested in seeing PostCSS content on Treehouse, you can suggest it on the Treehouse CSS Content Roadmap on Trello
Lex Semenenko
9,906 PointsWow thank you.