Overview
Less can help you simplify your CSS and add programming-like constructs to CSS with very little effort required. In this course, Less: Getting Started, you will learn foundational knowledge and gain the ability to show you how to use and write extensions to Less. First, you will learn how to use Less with almost any back-end technology. Next, you will discover how to refactor your CSS into Less. Finally, you will explore how to use nested rules, functions, and variables in your CSS. When you’re finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge to implement Less in your own projects.
What You will Learn?
- Learn the LESS language for building CSS
- Using variables in LESS
- Using mixins in LESS
- Using functions in LESS
Module 1: Course Overview
Module 2: Why CSS Is Painful
Module 3: Introducing Less
- Introduction
- What Is Less?
- Compiling with Less
- What Are Variables?
- Variable Interpolation
- Variable Scope
- Variable Maps
- Functions
- Guards
- Summary
Module 4: Simplifying CSS with Nested rules
- Introduction
- Importing
- Nested Rules
- Parent Selectors
- Reactive Breakpoint Nesting
- Nesting and Merging
- Summary
Module 5: Defining Reusable Patterns with Mixins
- Introduction
- Detached Rulesets
- Sharing Rules
- Mixins
- Parameterizing Mixins
- Mixins as Functions
- Using @arguments in Mixins
- Namespacing Mixins
- Guards in Mixins
- Summary
Module 6: Using Extensions
- Course Type : Pluralsight
- Level : Intermediate
- #/Modules: 6
- Duration : 1h 12m
- Updated : 09/19/2018