5/15/2023 0 Comments Codekit setup sass version![]() Simply put, CodeKit is a task manager that allows you to automate code compiling for popular preprocessor languages.ĬodeKit for all intents and purposes manages projects akin to Grunt.js and Gulp.js and works with Bower, so you can easily deploy code.ĬodeKit takes the place of using esoteric software packages like Grunt and Gulp and attempts to make it much easier to use. There’s plenty of places other than here that can better explain what Sass and Less are and chances are if you’re reading this review, you probably already know. Other developers have attempted to do this same thing with Javascript with CoffeeScript and Typescript, and even HTML. It just makes writing very complicated CSS faster. Both languages when compiled output plain ol’ CSS. Clever developers created Sass and LESS as CSS-like programming languages to add these sort of functions to CSS. ![]() This reduces the amount of requests a web browser must make, and thus (usually) speeds up the data transaction from the web server.ĬSS as it turns out is missing some very powerful features such as using variables, the ability to create things programmatically or the ability to nest attribute. This allows for example, many javascript files to be combined into one JS file for distribution. When applied to file management, concatting means combining multiple files into one file. Since HTML/CSS/JS are the instructions that your browser needs to render the page, this will help aid page load speeds considerably.Ĭoncatenation - Concatenation (concat for short ) when programming means combining to two variables’ stored values. Minification takes out unnecessary keystrokes from HTML/CSS/JS and creates a “minified” version of your code, With Javascript, even variable names are replaced with short names to save data known as uglification. Minification - Every keystroke takes up minuscule amounts of data, measured in bytes. Package Manager - a package manager is a way to automate the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing software. Bower is the most popular package manager for front end developers. Grunt - A command line utility built on node.js.Prepros - A cross platform utility with a graphical user interface.Codekit - A Mac only utility with a graphical user interface.For web development, this usually means when a file is saved or project structure is altered, then it will trigger a preprocessor to compile code, reload a page and other common tasks. Task managers can “listen” and automatically run a series of instructions based on an event. Task Manager - a program that automatically performs common tasks, usually when triggered. When I am discussing compiling for the sake of this article, I am strictly talking about compiling code with a preprocessor in order to spit out code in common web languages that are read by a web browser. There are many types of compilers and interpreters that differ wildly depending what platform and programming language are used. Sass and Less are often referred to as preprocessors.Ĭompiling - converting code into data that a program or OS or web browser can understand. In regards to web development, preprocessors are used for languages that when compiled (processed) export a file in a common language such as Sass to CSS or Markup to HTML. This is often used as a blanket term for programming languages that require a preprocessor. ![]() Preprocessor - a utility that converts one type of data into another type of data that another program can use. Now, that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s get to the heart of the matter at hand, shall we?ĭepending on your comfort level, there’s a few items I’ll be discussing at great length, if you’re a grizzled vet, you may want to skip to the review part, otherwise keep reading. Its been over 21 months with Codekit since the original review, which is still accurate thus almost untouched. I’ve also continually added thoughts and notes at the end of this review. I haven’t seen any massive reviews on CodeKit 2 either, since its a niche market so I’ll try and make this the most definitive review written to date on CodeKit 2. I’ve blogged about Codekit 2 error resolutions which have been referenced on by people who aren’t me. While I may not be the foremost expert, I believe that I have some credentials to speak with some authority on pre-compilers and CodeKit specifically. Now that its been over two years down the chasm of Sass and a more varied workflow, I feel that I can expound in ways I couldn’t before. Quite some time ago I wrote a mini-review of Codekit 1.0 and then another review of Prepros. Admittedly I had only been using pre-compilers for several months at that time (what a difference a year makes).
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