Can Vanilla CSS Replace Sass Yet?

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Wes Bos

Technology, News, Tech News

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott go through all the features of Sass and decide where we are at with Native CSS alternatives, giving each feature a rating of replaceable, plausible, or missing. Show Notes 00:11 Welcome 01:17 Easter updates 04:17 Getting into Sass 06:03 What is PostCSS? 09:52 CSS Variables 13:49 CSS Nesting CSS Nesting - Chrome Developers postcss-plugins/plugins/postcss-nesting at main · csstools/postcss-plugins 23:13 Colors CSS5 Color Functions — Syntax Podcast 479 29:08 CSS Looping 34:20 Mixins or extends 39:34 CSS Partials Features - PostCSS Preset Env - CSSTools 44:29 CSS Math 49:40 Functions Is Houdini Ready Yet? 52:04 Firefox and Safari support 55:08 Back to Functions 56:21 BEM Syntax 58:51 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Solar Lantern Wes: Cotton Candy Machine Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

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0:00.0	You're listening to syntax, the podcast with the tastiest web development treats out there.
0:06.0	Strap yourself in and get ready.
0:07.9	Here is Scott Zelensky and West Boss.
0:10.6	Welcome to syntax, the podcast with the tastiest web development treats out there.
0:15.1	Today we've got one for you on does can vanilla CSS replace all of the features of SAS?
0:22.8	We talked about we have nesting now in CSS, but doesn't make sense for people who are on SAS,
0:29.8	or like you're starting a new project doesn't make sense to go vanilla CSS or not.
0:35.9	I mean, is there still things in SAS that make sense?
0:38.8	So that's kind of what we're going to go through today.
0:41.5	We're going to go through every single feature of SAS and say, here's where it is.
0:45.6	We're going to give it a replaceable thumbs up.
0:48.4	We're going to give it a plausible or a no missing.
0:52.8	SAS is still better.
0:54.4	It's like kind of a mythbusters type of thing here.
0:57.6	Kind of a mythbusters.
0:58.8	Yeah, how you doing today, Scott?
1:01.2	I'm doing good, man.
1:02.2	I got some gorgeous weather out here.
1:04.6	I had been spending some time in the yard.
1:07.9	I was picking up leaves and stuff because we got leaves over here.
1:11.3	And let me just tell you, it feels so awesome.
1:13.7	It feels so great to be doing that.
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