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Apr 2023
1h 5m

Can Vanilla CSS Replace Sass Yet?

Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack Javascript Web Developers
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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 ... Show More
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