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Luis Chiappe
Courses Plus Student 10,636 PointsWhat is the real difference between mixins and functions?
Work the same. On what moment I need to use functions vs mixins?
2 Answers
Ali M Malik
33,293 PointsThey can serve the same purpose and often can be interchangeable, as with many things in programming, the answer is use logic. Even though they may serve a similar function, their purposes are a bit different. Mixins are used more for includes and functions are more for returning values. The sass way has a nice write up on the two.
Hope this helps.
Luis Chiappe
Courses Plus Student 10,636 PointsThanks :)