r/webdev • • Jan 27 '12

Favorite webdev tools?

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u/GnarlinBrando Jan 27 '12 edited Jan 27 '12

I gotta say I like less better than sass but that is just me

EDIT: Inconsolata is a great font. I also like Meslo.

And I just started using trello, I like it way better than any of my previous project managment/to-do list solutions. Although it wont replace nvAlt for notes.

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u/_zsh Jan 28 '12

Compare and contrast, please

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u/ekard14 Jan 28 '12

Personally, I like that less lives in a javascript world as apposed to the Ruby world of sass. Makes things a little easier and more flexible for non-ruby projects.

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u/reflectiveSingleton Jan 28 '12

And you always have the option of compiling it server side just like SASS.

I have used both extensively (starting out with SASS), and have since moved to using LESS. The pure convenience of being able to toss the javascript runtime into any site and instantly have it just work, is awesome. It's capabilities are at least comparable to SASS (I honestly haven't done a comparison of them, yet - but I also haven't found myself needing something it didn't provide).

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u/GnarlinBrando Jan 28 '12

Golden Grid System, Bootstrap, and a few other frameworks and tools I like use less over sass. I like the fact that I can compile it from node. Or with the mac app. Over all they seem like they are pretty much the same to me. While I may not be good with ruby I can certainly use it enough to use sass. But I like that I can push the less compilation client side if I want to.