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Less Web Development Essentials (Second Edition)

Less Web Development Essentials (Second Edition)

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Less Web Development Essentials (Second Edition)

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Overview of this book

If you use CSS for web development tasks and want to learn how to create maintainable and reusable code, this is the book for you. Basic knowledge of web development would be helpful.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Improving Web Development with Less
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1. Improving Web Development with Less
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Using CSS3 for styling your HTML
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Compiling Less
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Your first layout in Less
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Preventing cross-browser issues with CSS resets
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CSS transitions, transformations, and animations
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Box-sizing
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Server-side compiling
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The OOCSS, SMACSS, and BEM methodologies
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2. Using Variables and Mixins
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2. Using Variables and Mixins
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Using comments in Less
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Using variables
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Variable interpolation
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Escaping values
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Using mixins
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3. Nested Rules, Operations, and Built-in Functions
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3. Nested Rules, Operations, and Built-in Functions
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The navigation structure
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Working with nested rules
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Referencing the parent selector with the & symbol
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Passing rulesets to mixins
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Operating on numbers, colors, and variables
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Property merging
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Built-in functions
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The box-shadow mixin
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4. Testing Your Code and Using Prebuilt Mixins Libraries
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4. Testing Your Code and Using Prebuilt Mixins Libraries
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Revisiting the CSS background gradients
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Testing your code
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Prebuilt mixins
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Integrating other techniques into your projects using Less
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5. Integrating Less in Your Own Projects
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5. Integrating Less in Your Own Projects
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Importing CSS into Less
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Migrating your project to Less
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Media queries and responsive design
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Using grids in your designs and workflow
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Building your project with a responsive grid
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Using the grid mixins to build a semantic layout
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Extending your grids
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6. Using the Bootstrap 3 Frontend Framework
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6. Using the Bootstrap 3 Frontend Framework
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Introduction to Bootstrap
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7. Less with External Applications and Frameworks
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7. Less with External Applications and Frameworks
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Cardinal CSS
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Using Semantic UI with Less
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Deploying Ionic with Less
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Frameworks for building your grids with Less
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WordPress and Less
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Using Less with the Play framework
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AngularJS and Less
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Meteor and Less
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Ruby on rails and Less
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Alternative compilers for compiling your Less code
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Index
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Index

Chapter 2. Using Variables and Mixins

In this chapter, you will study Less in more detail, where you will learn more about variables and mixins. Variables in Less are often defined in a single place, but they can be used or overridden elsewhere in the code. In Less, you can override a variable by putting the definition afterwards. Variables are used to define commonly used values that can be edited only once at a single place. Based on the Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) principle, commonly used values will help you build websites that are easier to maintain. Mixins are used to set the properties of a class. They bundle multiple declarations in a single line of code and are also reusable. You will learn how to create, use, and reuse them in your project and write better CSS without code duplications.

This chapter will cover the following topics:

  • Using comments in Less
  • Using variables
  • Variable interpolation
  • Escaping values
  • Using mixins
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