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

Armando Ruiz
Armando Ruiz
8,099 Points
Posted by Armando Ruiz
Armando Ruiz
8,099 Points

Writing in style.scss but nothing change in style.css

I am following the videotutorial, and Installed sass in my mac, but when I active it trough the terminal it does not go when after sass --watch I write the path:

sass --watch /users/sites/project/css/style.scss

Why?

3 Answers

Roy Penrod
Roy Penrod
19,810 Points
Roy Penrod
Roy Penrod
19,810 Points

You didn't give it an output, so it didn't save it. The command should be:

sass --watch /users/sites/project/css/style.scss:/users/sites/project/css/style.css

You can also have it watch everything in the css directory:

sass --watch /users/sites/project/css:/users/sites/project/css
Armando Ruiz
Armando Ruiz
8,099 Points
Armando Ruiz
Armando Ruiz
8,099 Points

thanks, And which one is the best way?

Roy Penrod
Roy Penrod
19,810 Points
Roy Penrod
Roy Penrod
19,810 Points

It's not a matter of best way. It's a matter of what you need.

A lot of developers just watch the directory because they use a bunch of partials to organize the CSS code better and use Sass to put them together into one file.