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Less CSS Pre-Processor Tutorial

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Beginner. No background in the topic needed.

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Web developmentCSS and layout

Brad Traversy teaches the basics of the Less CSS preprocessor, including variables, mixins, functions, and nesting.

In this video we will look at all of the basics and fundamentals of the Less CSS pre-processor/pre-compiler. Less gives you powerful features to take advantage of such as variables, mixins, functions, nesting and much more We will install less and less-watch-compile using NPM so you do need Node.js installed on your system CODE: Code for this video traversymedia.com/downloads/less_sandbox.zip LESS Website lesscss.org/ EDUONIX COURSES: Please use affiliate links from website below traversymedia.com/eduonix-courses SUPPORT: We spend massive amounts of time creating these free videos, please donate to show your support: paypal.me/traversymedia patreon.com/traversymedia FOLLOW TRAVERSY MEDIA: facebook.com/traversymedia twitter.com/traversymedia linkedin.com/bradtraversy

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What people say. Suggested as a quick way to learn Less alongside Sass/SCSS to expand frontend skills.

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On “Is it worth learning SASS/SCSS nowadays?”

Haha 20 minutes if your really looking to speed run it. OP, I'd still spend half an hour to learn SASS/SCSS and LESS for that matter. Learning all three is super quick and simple, SCSS is still handy in projects these days, and all three give you that extra set of skills that might give you an edge in future. The features in SCSS are 100% supported in plain CSS yet and the newer features that are similar to CSS are only available in newer browsers. Also, not sure what your future looks like but if you come across older legacy projects such as Wordpress, Magento, Shopify, etc, etc. You could run into either one of the three. Having a rough idea of how to nest, use variables, mixins,…