In this recipe, we'll make use of the contrib-stylus (0.18.0) plugin to compile Stylus style sheets that make use of one of the Stylus libraries provided by the developer community.
Tip
A partial list of the plugins available for the Stylus framework can be found at the following URL:
For our example, we'll make use of the axis library that comes packaged with the Roots platform. It provides a host of useful functions, mixins, and other utilities that you'll be sure to make use of in your day-to-day style sheet development.
In this example, we'll work with the basic project structure that we created in the Compiling Stylus to CSS recipe of this chapter. Be sure to refer to it if you are not yet familiar with its contents.