LESS has been a popular way to streamline your CSS-writing for a while now, but fitting it into your workflow isn’t always easy. Some designers use standalone applications like CodeKit or SimpLESS to compile their LESS files into browser-ready CSS, but I prefer a more integrated approach. Fortunately, Sublime Text—my personal favorite text editor has several available extensions to build LESS support in.
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Setting Up a LESS Workflow in Sublime Text
Aug 28, 2013 by Matt | Posted in Design, Featured 125 CommentsWP-LESS: Leaner CSS For WordPress
Aug 28, 2009 by Matt | Posted in WordPress One CommentYou may have heard of LESS. It’s a Ruby Gem that allows you to write CSS files with variables, nested rules, operations, and “mixins,” which are akin to custom functions in a programming language. The LESS files are compiled into pure CSS before going into use.
WP-LESS is a plugin that, using the lessphp library, brings LESS to WordPress. I have yet to try it for myself, but it certainly sounds intriguing.
The plugin watches for edits to your LESS source code, then recompiles and caches it as plain CSS, which is served up to your visitors.
