Beginning css preprocessors

Listing 2-7.  Command for Uninstalling Sass

gem uninstall sass –-version versionnumber

An Alternative to the Command Line 

Besides The terminal method, there are GUI applications that will run and compile Sass, for people who are 

scared to operate or have no prior experience using terminals. There are free as well as paid variants of such 

apps for various platforms. Some of these are as follows

•  Codekit (Paid) (available for Mac only)

•  Compass (Paid) (available for Mac, Windows, and Linux)

•  Prepros (Paid) (available for Mac, Windows, and Linux)

•  Mixtures (Free) (available for Mac only)

•  Scout (open source) (available for Mac, Windows, and Linux)

•  Koala (Free) (available for Mac, Windows, and Linux) 

Compiling the sass File

Once you have installed Sass, you can start coding and compiling. In order to do so, you must specify which 

file Sass should watch. This can be done using the command shown in Listing 

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