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CSS

Patrick Westwood
Patrick Westwood
8,299 Points
Posted by Patrick Westwood
Patrick Westwood
8,299 Points

Refactoring code, SASS

"Now that you've refactored this code into something that no one would ever actually do in real life, please make this code the way you should write it. (Just because you can do something with a Sass feature, doesn't mean you should.)"

Just one question.... what? Make this code the way I should write it?

My code:

@function double($input) {
    @return $input * 2;
  }

  div {
    font-size: double(5px);
    }

3 Answers

eirikvaa
eirikvaa
18,015 Points
eirikvaa
eirikvaa
18,015 Points

It's much more work to declare a function that takes a value and doubles it when you can just do it on the fly like this:

div {
    font-size: 10px; // even multiplying here would be more work than necessary
}
Alan Fidelino
Alan Fidelino
12,846 Points
Alan Fidelino
Alan Fidelino
12,846 Points

Tricky question but Eirik got it right. It just says that even though we know have a basic understanding of Sass, we always go by the simpler route. It's a case-to-case basis. Glad, that like you I figured it without freaking out. :)

Maria Victoria Reyes
Maria Victoria Reyes
17,731 Points
Maria Victoria Reyes
Maria Victoria Reyes
17,731 Points

i made a new code and wrote this just below the last code: div {}. Based this code it in the existing html

p{ width:double(50%); }

Howard Slatter
Howard Slatter
8,049 Points
Howard Slatter
Howard Slatter
8,049 Points

Or just hit 'check' again without changing anything...