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The idea of compilation-on-save is a very useful one, but here's my only gripe: it needs to be integrated with my IDE. Maybe the idea is that "if you build it,
by dmvaldman 15y ago
The idea of compilation-on-save is a very useful one, but here's my only gripe: it needs to be integrated with my IDE. Maybe the idea is that "if you build it, they will integrate."
But until then I have my own solution which is that I have a keyboard shortcut that runs a bash script to compile the .less, focus on/open chrome and reload the page (all in one step!). I use the awesome software (windows and mac) quickkeys to do it.
- cmelbye 15y agoIsn't it essentially already integrated into your IDE? You click the save button, and it compiles the less file.
- CognitiveLens 15y agoIt's not really integrated because you have to have SimpLESS running in the background whenever you're working on a project - it's not a major hassle, but I noticed a similar friction when working with LESS.app in a project. I could edit almost everything in my text editor and see the results on the page, but would have to leave the editor to start LESS.app when I wanted to tweak the style. Only had to do it once, but it didn't feel like an efficient, integrated workflow.
- skilesare 15y agoThe free version of WebWorkbench does this for coffeescipt in Visual Studio. I think the pro version does it for less($29). I'm thinking of paying for it depending on if I can get this simpleLess working on Windows or not.