Extending Sass with Compass helper functions

In Chapter 5, Built-in functions, you can read about useful functions already built in Sass. After installing Compass, you can also use helper functions provided by Compass in your code. This recipe demonstrates how to use some of these helper functions.

Getting ready

In this recipe, you will compile your SCSS code with Compass. First, read the Installing Compass recipe of Chapter 1, Getting Started with Sass, to find out how to install Compass. Also, read the Adding Compass to an existing Sass project and Maintaining your applications with Compass recipes of this chapter to learn more about using Compass for your project.

How to do it...

After installing Compass you can use it to compile your Sass code. Perform the following step to see Compass in action:

1. Create a new Compass project by running the following command in your console:

    compass create
   

2. Then, create a new sass/main.scss file that will contain the SCSS code like that shown here:

    div ...