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Scaffold out a Polymer project
http://polymer-project.org
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SASS Integration #187

Closed timomeh closed 9 years ago

timomeh commented 9 years ago

Is there any reason why the new refactored app- and element-generator has no SASS Integration anymore? I really liked the choice to use scss for my elements in a separate file.

timomeh commented 9 years ago

I think I can answer this myself. Custom properties and variables won't work in CSS files, so a precompiler doesn't make much sense. This leaves me with the question if there's even a need for an application-wide CSS file… but this isn't related to Yeoman, so I'm going to close this.

robdodson commented 9 years ago

Sorry for not answering sooner, I was away on vacation. And yeah you're pretty spot on, we want to encourage the use of custom properties for styling elements. While it may not have the full blown power of SASS, it's an investment in the future that will hopefully pay off over time.

timomeh commented 9 years ago

Thanks for your answer – and no problem, I hope you enjoyed your vacation! Writing CSS in HTML feels a bit strange after all these years of separating CSS from HTML, using precompilers and build-processes, but I'm sure I'll get used to it. After all Webcomponents seem to be the future of front end dev.

robdodson commented 9 years ago

@timomeh yeah it's hopefully a temporary shim until CSS custom properties are shipping in all browsers. Then we can go back to using CSS files