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

Don Shipley
Don Shipley
19,488 Points
Posted by Don Shipley
Don Shipley
19,488 Points

ruby install windows, sass install

Installed Ruby on my windows 7 open the cmd and type in sass--version. Not recognized.. Ruby used a folder going into the folder and open the cmd there the sass will show but not in my cmd from windows... Does this mean it is installed correctly or not installed correctly???????????

Do we really need Sass for our css?

5 Answers

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points
Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

I understand that some things can be very frustrating. Take your time or step away from something for a while. It's alright to do that. Sometimes a different perspective can help as well.

Here are a couple of other tutorials that involve installing Sass on Windows. After a search they looked to be a couple of the better ones for Windows users; perhaps they may be of some assistance to you.

http://www.impressivewebs.com/sass-on-windows/

http://zqp.me/web-development/getting-started-with-sass-on-windows/

If things are not working out and you would like to use Sass still, you could try one of these apps. I have tried Scout, but not Koala. Both are free and open-source:

Scout

Koala

Don Shipley
Don Shipley
19,488 Points
Don Shipley
Don Shipley
19,488 Points

Thank you Sean, Have not checked out the links but will book mark them inside a folder for ruby. What it looks like to me is I would need to save the files under the Ruby folder/doc. Before I study Ruby I need to prefect my skills with php, javascript,jquery and css Jjavascript to understand jquery. Php to better understand wordpress. Only have a couple days left on teamtreehouse will study elsewhere for the next month or so. Wish I could afford to stay on teamtreehouse and also another. Should be back within a couple of months.

Thank you very much for your valuable time.

Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points
Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points

maybe you've missed a space in that command i.e. you've written "sass--version" but I think it should be "sass --version"?

Don Shipley
Don Shipley
19,488 Points
Don Shipley
Don Shipley
19,488 Points

Thanks Andrew but that is not the problem... On the start menu starting the cmd it will not read the Sass/ From the start menu you can choose a folder for Ruby 1.9.1-p545 which has a start comand prompt with ruby. it will open up a cmd where it will list the Sass. Just not from the normal cmd command. So not sure if it is installed correctly. Yes I wrote on the forum incorrectly it would be sass --version. Just did not place the space in the forum but did on the windows cmd..

If I open the command prompt from the ruby folder it will read the sass there.

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points
Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

When you say Start menu, does that mean you are typing, sass --version in the search box in the Start menu popup? If you are don't do that. :-p

Press and hold Windows logo key and press R - this will open the Run dialog. Inside that type, cmd. That will open a Command Window. In that window type, sass --version.

If that doesn't work then we have another problem.

Don Shipley
Don Shipley
19,488 Points
Don Shipley
Don Shipley
19,488 Points

Thank you Sean No not want I meant I know how to open up the cmd to type in dos commands... Watching the video form the beginning guess he just talks about the mac which I would like to have but is way out of my price range..

Just tried the test.scss and will not work even after opening up the cmd from the ruby direc.

Have to much to learn and not going to pursue Sass for now. Not explained correctly from the start of the video so rather than trying to figure this out rather stay on coarse with what I need to learn.

Thank you for your time Sean..