Sassy CSS: An Intro to Sass | Washington, D.C.

About this class

Geared toward front-end developers and designers with knowledge of HTML & CSS, this class covers the benefits of using Sass, and why it has has become the tool of choice in developing modular, well structured CSS projects.

• The different Sass syntaxes
• Dos and Don'ts of writing DRY Sass
• Writing lean scss files with variables, mixins & silent classes
• Building basic Sass Control Directives & functions

Takeaways

• Write more efficient, modular CSS
• Use variables, mixins & silent classes to reduce CSS redundancies
• Create Control Directives to write our CSS for us
• Get a glimpse at various Sass frameworks that provide good examples to follow

Prereqs & Preparation

Basic-to-intermediate knowledge of CSS. At minimum, students should be familiar with using CSS to style basic web pages.

Please bring a laptop & codepen account to create code snippets during the class.