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Learning Bootstrap 4

You're reading from   Learning Bootstrap 4 Modern, Elegant and Responsive Web Design Made Easy

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785881008
Length 246 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Matt Lambert Matt Lambert
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Preface 1. Introducing Bootstrap 4 FREE CHAPTER 2. Using Bootstrap Build Tools 3. Jumping into Flexbox 4. Working with Layouts 5. Working with Content 6. Playing with Components 7. Extending Bootstrap with JavaScript Plugins 8. Throwing in Some Sass 9. Migrating from Version 3

Updating your variables


The main difference in variables is the symbol used to denote one. In Less we use an @ symbol for our variables, while in Sass you use the $ symbol. Here are a couple of examples for you:

/* LESS */ 
 
@red: #c00; 
@black: #000; 
@white: #fff; 
 
/* SASS */ 
 
$red: #c00; 
$black: #000; 
$white: #fff; 

As you can see, that is pretty easy to do. A simple find and replace should do most of the work for you. However, if you are using @import in your stylesheets, make sure this retains an @ symbol.

Updating @import statements

Another small change in Sass is how you import different stylesheets using the @import keyword. First, let's take a look at how you do this in Less:

@import "components/_buttons.less"; 

Now let's compare how we do this using Sass:

@import "components/_buttons.scss"; 

As you can see, it's almost identical. You just need to make sure you name all your files with the .scss extension. Then update...

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