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danbibbens
4,071 PointsLESS or SASS
I am working on a new portfolio site to permanently replace the current design. I have been using the current CSS standard's but I want to explored new CSS techniques of LESS or SASS.
Which CSS is easier to use and code?
9 Answers
James Barnett
39,199 PointsShort Answer: LESS is more designer friendly
Long Answer:
@Guil Hernandez the Treehouse CSS teacher did a post over on the Treehouse blog about How to Choose the Right CSS Preprocessor
Patrick Neve
916 PointsHi Dan,
Here is a pretty good article on this subject. Also, I know of a few high-profile developers who LOVE SASS. I'm not really to the point in my CSS knowledge where I'm comfortable messing with either yet, but I will start with SASS myself first when that time comes. http://css-tricks.com/redesigning-with-sass
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse TeacherHi Dan,
It's worth trying both. Sass is my personal preference –– mainly because I love how we can extend it with Compass.
Like James mentioned, the blog post I wrote quickly covers the differences between the 3 most popular preprocessors.
If you want to poke around some simple Sass code, take a look at this demo I made of a button set.
But like I said, give both a try, then decide which one suits you best. Here's a code window you can use to instantly try either one.
Mat Helme
Treehouse Guest TeacherI agree with Guil, SASS all the way.
Also take a look at CodeKit for super fast development.
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse TeacherOh yes, I can't live without CodeKit these days :)
Andrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest TeacherSass in the original syntax!
Christina Arasmo Beymer
51 PointsI want to learn LESS. Any chance that treehouse will have lessons on it?
James Barnett
39,199 PointsChristina - Sounds like a great idea.
That idea deserves its own post 
Make sure to add the tag of topic-request.
In the meantime, Lynda has a course that covers both Sass and LESS
Rick Yentzer
5,885 Points+1 for Codekit!