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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Speeding up Workflow with Sass Importing Files

Posted by gregsmith5
gregsmith5
32,615 Points

Is the file extension required for importing?

When importing into a scss file, am I only able to import other scss files, or can I import css/txt files as well?

2 Answers

Ted Sumner
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Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points
Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

I am not 100% sure, but I think only scss files. But all you have to do is rename your css file or, if you are like me, copy the css file and rename the copy. The actual code is valid in Sass.

Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

I would think that because CSS is fully compatible with Sass, you could import a CSS file, though I'm not sure why you would want to. The scss file is going to be output to CSS, so basically you would be taking CSS and outputting CSS.

gregsmith5
gregsmith5
32,615 Points

Mainly, I was just wondering if renaming the normalize.css file was necessary, but it's good to know in case I'm involved in a project that's moving from vanilla CSS to Sass.