Week 4 completion checklist

This week we get started with Sass, a CSS pre-processor. Sass is the most popular CSS pre-processor in use at this time, although there are a few alternatives.

Videos

• Video 1 gives you background about Sass and what problems it solves.
• Video 2 gets you started with Sass configuration, installing and configuring Scout App as a compiler, and creating your first Sass file.
• Video 3 covers math and built-in Sass functions.
• Video 4 covers color functions (saturate, desaturate, lighten, darken, etc).

Optional assignment

1. In the zipped group of files I gave you, there are several "you try it" exercises. It's recommended you work through these and compare those with my answers. My answers aren't the only answers -- there are many possibilities! However, this should give you some practice with some of the Sass concepts.

2. Revisit the Arlington page from the responsive design lectures. Can you rewrite this document using Sass? 

Next week

Next week, we will continue with Sass, looking at nesting, mixins, extends, and file management.