less.js

Less. The dynamic stylesheet language. (by less)

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  • Creating Nx Workspace with Eslint, Prettier and Husky Configuration
    12 projects | dev.to | 25 Mar 2024
    LESS [ https://lesscss.org ]
  • Future of CSS: Functions and Mixins
    3 projects | dev.to | 15 Feb 2024
    Traditionally CSS lacked features such as variables, nesting, mixins, and functions. This was frustrating for Developers as it often led to CSS quickly becoming complex and cumbersome. In an attempt to make code easier and less repetitive CSS pre-processors were born. You would write CSS in the format the pre-processor understood and, at build time, you'd have some nice CSS. The most common pre-processors these days are Sass, Less, and Stylus. Any examples I give going forward will be about Sass as that's what I'm most familiar with.
  • Modern CSS for 2024: Nesting, Layers, and Container Queries
    3 projects | dev.to | 28 Dec 2023
    In the past, you’d need to rely on pre-processors such as SaSS or Less, but not anymore… Native CSS nesting has landed on all major modern browsers.
  • Maximize Web Performance with CSS Optimization Techniques
    3 projects | dev.to | 16 Oct 2023
    Consider using CSS preprocessors like Sass or Less not only for better code organization but also for potential performance improvements.
  • An Overview of 25+ UI Component Libraries in 2023
    40 projects | dev.to | 10 Sep 2023
    Extensions of CSS: for example, Sass, Less, Tailwind, CSS Modules, to make stuff look a certain way on your own.
  • Let's Make Learning Frontend Great Again!
    11 projects | dev.to | 22 Aug 2023
    LiveCodes provides many of the commonly used developer tools. These include Monaco editor (that powers VS Code), Prettier, Emmet, Vim/Emacs modes, Babel, TypeScript, SCSS, Less, PostCSS, Jest and Testing Library, among others. All these tools run seamlessly in the browser without any installations or configurations. It feels like a very light-weight version of your own local development environment including the keyboard shortcuts, IntelliSense and code navigation features.
  • Why Use Sass?
    5 projects | dev.to | 29 Jul 2023
    LESS
  • CSS: The Good Parts
    2 projects | dev.to | 17 Jul 2023
    The CSS Working Group had been aware of the need for CSS variables since its inception in 1997. By the late 2000s, developers had created various workarounds like custom PHP scripts and preprocessors like Less and Sass to compensate for this deficiency.
  • GPT-4 is becoming too real.
    2 projects | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 26 May 2023
    He could do with LESS
  • Vanilla+PostCSS as an Alternative to SCSS
    15 projects | dev.to | 30 Mar 2023
    While we may disagree whether Sass is still relevant today, Mayank's case for using Sass in 2022 sums up the many use cases for Sass/SCSS including a timeline from 2006 (Sass) to "2022+" (nesting). Nesting CSS used to one of the few good reasons left to choose Sass, SCSS (or less) in a new web project.
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    surveyjs.io | 23 Apr 2024
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less/less.js is an open source project licensed under Apache License 2.0 which is an OSI approved license.

The primary programming language of less.js is JavaScript.


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