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1. #SERVER FILEWATCHER TO RECOMPILE SASS HOW TO#
2. #SERVER FILEWATCHER TO RECOMPILE SASS INSTALL#
3. #SERVER FILEWATCHER TO RECOMPILE SASS UPDATE#
4. #SERVER FILEWATCHER TO RECOMPILE SASS CODE#

Within this brand new file paste the following code: module. To create a new task, simply create a new file within this folder and title it sass.js.

#SERVER FILEWATCHER TO RECOMPILE SASS CODE#

If you aren't already familiar with the SailsJS file/folder structure, all of the Grunt tasks that Sails uses reside within the /tasks/config directory. Compiling your code into CSS.To compile your code automatically you need to configure a Sass Less or SCSS File Watcher which will.

#SERVER FILEWATCHER TO RECOMPILE SASS INSTALL#

To install this package, enter the following into your terminal: npm install grunt-contrib-sass -save For this environment, I prefer the grunt-contrib-sass package. SASS packageīefore we create our custom task, we need to install the necessary node package that will help us compile our SCSS. There is some "assembly required" if you will to get it to work in both development and production environments. This post will be composed by 3 parts: 1.

#SERVER FILEWATCHER TO RECOMPILE SASS UPDATE#

Unfortunately SailsJS as smart as it is does not automatically recognize if you are using SCSS. Today we will see how we can leverage some NPM packages to compile SASS to CSS, watch file changes and live update the browser for an effortless style development. Being a big fan of SCSS, I prefer to use SCSS instead of LESS. So remember to install the Web Compiler extension again if you work on the project from a new computer, since extensions don't currently follow the project between installations of Visual Studio.When you create a brand new install of SailsJS, by default, SailsJS comes with only LESS support. For example: [Īll input files will be watched for changes, and the corrisponding output files will be updated when you make a change to the Scss, providing you have the extension installed. If you want to add an additional Scss and CSS file, either right click the CSS file in the GUI like we just done, or alternatively you can edit the nfig file directly. This JSON formatted file containts the input and output file paths. The very first time you use the Web Compiler extension, a file named nfig will be created in the root of the project. Contratulations, you've now compiled a Scss file into standard browser compatible css. If everything worked as expected, you should now have a file and a style.css file underneith the style.scss file. Start by creating a file named style.scss in the wwwroot > css folder We now need to create a SASS (scss) file. Wait for the installer to finish before re-opening Visual Studio. NOTE that it can take a few seconds for the installer to appear.

Follow the steps to install the extension.

We start by installing the Web Compiler extension to Visual Studio.

This tutorial assumes that you already have an ASP.NET Web Application open in Visual Studio.

Once you have followed the steps in this guide, your SCSS files will automatically be compiled to browser readable .css and minified min.css files every time you save the SCSS files. What you can do after following this guide SCSS (Sassy CSS) is a newer standard, built as an enhancement to the older Sass standard. It's generally favoured over standard CSS for several reasons, I've found that being able to use imports and mixings' allows me to re-use code and maintain a larger codebase with more ease. Sass is a CSS preprocessor with enhancements to the CSS syntax.

#SERVER FILEWATCHER TO RECOMPILE SASS HOW TO#

I'll show you how to use the Web Compiler extension to generate standard CSS files from multiple SCSS files on the fly. Compiling Sass & LESS files in Visual Studio has never been easier.