If there’s one thing that can be really annoying about writing CSS, it’s the repetition. Colors, rounded edges, boarder properties — you may use the same parameters for multiple elements.
You name it, you may have repeated it!
That’s when a tool like LESS can completely revolutionize how you build sites.
Tom recently shared a great tool that makes LESS even easier to use, and after looking over LESS, again, I’m really kicking myself for not using it on the current project I’m looking for. It’s such a slick tool.
You see, LESS runs on both the client-side (IE 6+, Webkit, Firefox) and server-side with Node.js. I was lazy and didn’t want to take the time to set everything up.
This is where SimpLESS saves the day!
SimpLESS
As cool as writing CSS with LESS may be, at the end of the day, the web needs a CSS file. If you setup LESS like normal, you’ll need to embed a JavaScript file to live-transform your LESS file in the browser.
Or, use SimpLESS.
Save your *.less file and, BOOOM, SimpLESS generates a 100% valid standard CSS document out of it. No further steps, it’s that simple.
If you’re worried about taking a lot of time to learn LESS, don’t.
As an extension to CSS, LESS is not only backwards compatible with CSS, but the extra features it adds use existing CSS syntax. This makes learning LESS a breeze, and if in doubt, lets you fall back to CSS.
So pretty.
SimpLESS has made their source code available, it comes in three popular flavors (OSX, Linux & Windows) and best of all, it’s free!
[HT: MoreCode]
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