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I find it way easier to install less with node & npm, than it is to setup ruby & sass. If I'm developing with a "mean" stack, its kind of a nuisance to have to

I find it way easier to install less with node & npm, than it is to setup ruby & sass. If I'm developing with a "mean" stack, its kind of a nuisance to have to set up ruby instead of just using something node based. None of the bootstrap stuff works with Angular out of the box anyways, and I always thought it was very verbose. Honestly all I like was the grid system anyways, so I don't see much need to upgrade.

Scottopherson 11y ago
Ruby's not required. The article doesn't mention Ruby but it mentions libsass (why Ruby is no longer required): "This is great because Sass tends to be more favorable by front-end developers. It also compiles faster thanks to Libsass." https://github.com/sass/libsass https://github.com/sass/libsass
- lemevi 11y ago
  > This is great because Sass tends to be more favorable by front-end developers I don't understand what this mangled sentence means. How do they know what's favorable to front-end developers? Nobody asked me what I think. They did a valid random sample?
  - coldtea 11y ago
    You know, they could always check relative watchers and other marks on GitHub for example. Doesn't have to be an exact science. How do we know Knockout is less popular than Angular? And yet, we do.
    - lemevi 11y ago
      https://github.com/less/less.js https://github.com/less/less.js 12k stars, yeah throw it out, it's done. https://github.com/sass/sass https://github.com/sass/sass 6k stars, definitely more popular, if less stars means more popular. Obviously more front-end developers love sass! The evidence has spoken.
      - coldtea 11y ago
        I didn't speak for any of them, so the sarcasm doesn't apply to me. Actually I've only ever used LESS. That said, don't be so quick to just what's popular just by the relative size of the numbers. I'd also check which had a headstart and by what margin. A 3 year project with 12k stars for example is not necessarily more popular NOW than a 1 year project with 6k stars. That's why I advocated for several metrics.
mccada 11y ago
You can use LibSass which is written in C++, to avoid the Ruby dependencies. https://github.com/sass/libsass https://github.com/sass/libsass
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Scottopherson 11y ago

Ruby's not required. The article doesn't mention Ruby but it mentions libsass (why Ruby is no longer required): "This is great because Sass tends to be more favorable by front-end developers. It also compiles faster thanks to Libsass." https://github.com/sass/libsass https://github.com/sass/libsass

lemevi 11y ago
> This is great because Sass tends to be more favorable by front-end developers I don't understand what this mangled sentence means. How do they know what's favorable to front-end developers? Nobody asked me what I think. They did a valid random sample?
- coldtea 11y ago
  You know, they could always check relative watchers and other marks on GitHub for example. Doesn't have to be an exact science. How do we know Knockout is less popular than Angular? And yet, we do.
  - lemevi 11y ago
    https://github.com/less/less.js https://github.com/less/less.js 12k stars, yeah throw it out, it's done. https://github.com/sass/sass https://github.com/sass/sass 6k stars, definitely more popular, if less stars means more popular. Obviously more front-end developers love sass! The evidence has spoken.
    - coldtea 11y ago
      I didn't speak for any of them, so the sarcasm doesn't apply to me. Actually I've only ever used LESS. That said, don't be so quick to just what's popular just by the relative size of the numbers. I'd also check which had a headstart and by what margin. A 3 year project with 12k stars for example is not necessarily more popular NOW than a 1 year project with 6k stars. That's why I advocated for several metrics.

mccada 11y ago

You can use LibSass which is written in C++, to avoid the Ruby dependencies. https://github.com/sass/libsass https://github.com/sass/libsass

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