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Less Web Development Cookbook
Table of Contents
Less Web Development Cookbook
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Sections
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Downloading the color images of this book
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Getting to Grips with the Basics of Less
Introduction
Downloading, installing, and integrating less.js
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Installing the lessc compiler with npm
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Using less.js with Rhino
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Declaring variables with Less for commonly used values
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Setting the properties of CSS styles with mixins
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Writing more intuitive code and making inheritance clear with nested rules
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Creating complex relationships between properties
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Using the built-in functions of Less
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Using namespaces to make your code reusable and portable
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
2. Debugging and Documenting Your Less Code
Introduction
Debugging your code with less.js
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Using CSS source maps to debug your code
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Using Chrome Developer Tools to debug your code
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Commenting your code in Less
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Building style guides with tdcss.js
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
See also
Building style guides with StyleDocco
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
3. Using Variables and Mixins
Introduction
Deriving a set of variables from a single base variable
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
See also
Value escaping with the ~"value" syntax
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Using variable interpolation
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Redeclaring variables based on lazy loading
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Using mixins to set properties
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Declaring a class and mixin at once
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Using selectors inside mixins
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Using parametric mixins
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
4. Leveraging the Less Built-in Functions
Introduction
Converting units with the convert() function
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Using the default() function
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Embedding images with data URIs
Getting ready
How to do it
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Formatting strings
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Replacing a text within a string
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Working with lists
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Using mathematical functions
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Using the color() function
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Evaluating the type of a value
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Creating color objects with RGB values
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Getting information about a color
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
See also
Creating a color variant with the darken() and lighten() functions
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Creating overlays of two colors with Less
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
5. Extending and Referencing
Introduction
Referencing parent selectors with the & operator
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Referencing to the parent selector more than once
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Changing the selecting order with the & operator
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Using extend to merge selectors
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
Using extend in...
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