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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Getting Started with Sass Installing and Using Sass

Michael Leismeister
Michael Leismeister
3,706 Points
Posted by Michael Leismeister
Michael Leismeister
3,706 Points

Is there any other alternative to scout?

I wan to start using bourbon (neat, fill refill etc) and get away from bootstrap but the new sass is not compatible with old scout app. Is there a alternative? Command Line Scares me.

5 Answers

Kate Moore
Kate Moore
22,916 Points
Kate Moore
Kate Moore
22,916 Points

Hey! I was having the exact same problem and was very frustrated/on the verge of giving up until I took one last attempt and downloaded http://koala-app.com/

It was super easy to use and had me up and running immediately!

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi Michael,

Try something like Prepros which is free but also offers a premium version for added features.

Michael Leismeister
Michael Leismeister
3,706 Points
Michael Leismeister
Michael Leismeister
3,706 Points

prepros - seems good to but i still have css error with bourbon -

Error: Invalid CSS after " eot)": expected "}", was ": "#{$file-path..." on line 22 of bourbon/helpers/_font-source-declaration.scss from line 28 of bourbon/_bourbon.scss from line 2 of main.scss Use --trace for backtrace.

I guess I will have to downgrade my sass - not sure how to do this yet but looking into it

Michael Leismeister
Michael Leismeister
3,706 Points
Michael Leismeister
Michael Leismeister
3,706 Points

BTW - gem uninstall sass - gets rid of version of sass

gem install sass –-version theversionnumberyouwant

http://www.ufthelp.com/2014/10/how-to-downgrade-existing-sass-version.html

Michael Leismeister
Michael Leismeister
3,706 Points
Michael Leismeister
Michael Leismeister
3,706 Points

Wow - I have also tried using prepros - did not really like idea of downgrading to 2012 and still the same css error. here is error log in prepros

Error: Invalid CSS after " eot)": expected "}", was ": "#{$file-path..." on line 22 of bourbon/helpers/_font-source-declaration.scss from line 28 of bourbon/_bourbon.scss from line 2 of main.scss Use --trace for backtrace.

rosinapissaco
rosinapissaco
13,401 Points
rosinapissaco
rosinapissaco
13,401 Points

There are a few options: CodeKit (Paid) Compass.app (Paid, Open Source)
Hammer (Paid) Koala (Open Source)
LiveReload (Paid, Open Source)
Mixture (Free)
Prepros (Paid)
Scout (Open Source)

They are all here http://sass-lang.com/install