Can Vanilla CSS Replace Sass Yet?

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott go through all the features of Sass and decide where we are at with Native CSS alternatives, giving each feature a rating of replaceable, plausible, or missing.

Show Notes

• 00:11 Welcome
• 01:17 Easter updates
• 04:17 Getting into Sass
• 06:03 What is PostCSS?
• 09:52 CSS Variables
• 13:49 CSS Nesting
• CSS Nesting - Chrome Developers
• postcss-plugins/plugins/postcss-nesting at main · csstools/postcss-plugins
• 23:13 Colors
• CSS5 Color Functions — Syntax Podcast 479
• 29:08 CSS Looping
• 34:20 Mixins or extends
• 39:34 CSS Partials
• Features - PostCSS Preset Env - CSSTools
• 44:29 CSS Math
• 49:40 Functions
• Is Houdini Ready Yet?
• 52:04 Firefox and Safari support
• 55:08 Back to Functions
• 56:21 BEM Syntax
• 58:51 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

• Scott: Solar Lantern
• Wes: Cotton Candy Machine

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• Scott: Sentry
• Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials

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