Pragmatic Guide to Sass [Paperback]

Hampton Catlin (Author), Michael Lintorn Catlin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 29, 2011

Written by Sass creator Hampton Catlin and Michael Lintorn Catlin, Pragmatic Guide to Sass shows you how to you to improve your CSS, from the basics to advanced topics, from first installation to sprucing up your buttons. You'll see how to code the right way in Sass thanks to short, clear examples. Two-page spreads show the explanation on one side and code examples on the other. You'll learn how to improve your pages in minutes.

You'll be able to perform amazing feats of CSS including using variables, calculating layouts, and modifying colors. Did you ever want to make a color 10% less saturated? We'll show you how to do that without needing a calculator.

Plus, learn about Compass, Sass's library of carefully built hacks, reusable parts, and frameworks. Find out how to shortcut cross-browser issues and develop mixins for shortening text and making lists more exciting. You'll wonder how you spent all those years styling sites without it!

Make things even easier with Blueprint, and discover how to use its predefined classes that you can apply to your Web site. From selector scoping to bundling, debugging, and designing custom functions, Pragmatic Guide to Sass will help you build the pages you've always wanted.

What You Need:

An installation of Sass and Compass

Some basic command line knowledge

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Hampton Catlin is the co-creator of Sass, a CSS generating language, and the Haml markup language. He is the original creator of Wikipedia Mobile (m.wikipedia.org) and is also the creator of several successful iPhone applications including Dictionary!

Michael Lintorn Catlin is a Biologist and PhD dropout. He holds one masters from the University of Oxford in biochemistry and another masters from the University of Cambridge in developmental biology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf (December 29, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934356840
• ISBN-13: 978-1934356845
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #511,985 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars A clear introduction to a few basics, January 4, 2012

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bmaltzan (Ithaca, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pragmatic Guide to Sass (Paperback)

This book could be useful to experienced graphic designers,

or a junior programmer joining a project that already uses sass.

From the prag's "About this Book" description, I was expecting

something a little more advanced. It will get you started,

but after an hour, you'll probably move to the projects'

online reference pages.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars straight forward read, January 10, 2012

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sr - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pragmatic Guide to Sass (Paperback)

It's a simple straight forward read which you can do as you're going along step by step. It's very direct. I enjoyed it and learned a lot from this!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful guide, January 10, 2012

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Dan Hoisie (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pragmatic Guide to Sass (Paperback)

I had a chance to read this book and I was very impressed. This is a concise, well-organized reference book that provides many examples on the various features of Sass. It's an excellent beginner's guide to learn about the convenient features of Sass to structure your stylesheets better and make them easier to understand and maintain.