So far in our journey with Less, we've seen how you can begin to reduce the code you need to write; it's time to take it up a level and begin to look at some more advanced concepts within Less.

Let me begin by asking you a question: what is the one thing that irritates you about writing styles where the same selector has to be repeated many times, such as when designing a menu system using an unordered list element? Hopefully, the answer is duplicated styles. In this chapter, we will take a look at how you can group styles to avoid the need to duplicate selectors in your code. We will also cover how you can inherit styles that can have a dramatic effect on reducing duplication; I'll also provide some hints and tips on using these techniques and others to help reduce code bloat.

Enough chat, let's take a look at what we will cover throughout this chapter: