AlternativesĪs I mentioned, Koala certainly isn’t the only app in the field. Keep it in your project’s root folder and anytime anyone imports that Project (~ folder) into Koala, these global settings will be used and everybody will be “on the same page”. It’s a small file, that can be generated right from Koala app (right-click on your Project) and which contains global configuration for your project. That’s when Project settings comes in handy. What if you work from multiple devices? Or when you are collaborating with someone? That means it all happened in your app, on your computer. Project specific settingsĮverything so far was app-specific. It’s a helpul feature, even if you just leave out bracket or semicolon. Luckily, Koala pops up a notification window that on line # went wrong. Imagine the scenario when you’re happily coding, but your code won’t compile, because it’s not valid. Go ahead and experiment with those options so you get the best that works for you.Īnother nice Koala’s feature is Error notification. enable file minification (and “uglyfication”) – in other words: choosing whether the output should be rather human readable or really small in file sizeĪll the file options are obviously specific to concrete language that you’re trying to compile.automatic CSS prefixing (you know: -webkit-, -moz- and others?).specify the output file’s destination (when you want to keep your Sass/LESS and CSS separate).enable/disable automatic file compilation when a change is detected.Then you’re free to manage manipulation with these files: New “Koala project” will be created and your project’s file structure scanned for compatible (“compilable”) files. Once you download, install and launch Koala (no pun intended), all you need to do is drag’n’drop your project folder to Koala. It’s also multiplatform as it gets, with clients for Windows, Mac and Linux. Koala App provides GUI (graphical user interface) for automatic compiling of LESS, Sass, Compass and CoffeeScript. There are numerous tools (both free and commercial) that do the hard work of compiling your Sass/LESS creations into web-readable CSS, but I’ll be focusing on particular one, which is free, open-source and beginner-friendly. However those can be a bit overwhelming and hard to implement in your workflow, when you’re starting with them. That’s why I couldn’t be happier, when I discovered CSS pre-processors – Sass and LESS. Everybody likes to save time and automate boring and tedious tasks.
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