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CODEKIT AND COMPASS UPDATE
CODEKIT AND COMPASS PRO

For the moment it's in a class by itself. Of course there are other similar tools, Prepros probably being the next best, but none offer the refinement of CodeKit. This thing is a treasure trove of usefulness. It's easily my current favorite app for web development simply because it automates so much without ever feeling bloated. Additionally, here are some tools that will watch your Sass or Less files for changes and automatically compile them into CSS: CodeKit Compass Koala Prepros. CodeKit performs so many performance-enhancing functions with minimal effort on your part, you can’t help but be more efficient. If you’ve been dragging your feet because you don’t want the hassle of the command-line then you're out of excuses. An Essential ToolĬodeKit is as close to a no-brainer recommendation I have found for anyone who works with front-end code.

CODEKIT AND COMPASS UPDATE

The most recent update seems to have addressed some of the problems but I suspect there’s a lot more work to be done. I frequently have installation problems and even Brian, CodeKit’s developer, has said it’s been a pain to get it working smoothly (apparently he considered ditching it completely). With zero setup and Bower built right into the system, CodeKit can compile.

CODEKIT AND COMPASS PRO

Pro Live pre-processor and script compilation CodeKit supports live compilation of Less, Sass, Stylus, Jade, Haml, Slim, CoffeeScript, JavaScript and Compass including automatic debugging and minification. There are two easy ways our CLI helps you compile SCSS: Compass or Libsass. One area I have had issues with is the Bower component installer. CodeKit provides a powerful tool to automatically reduce the size of compressed images and production web code. There are a few of these small nits and while annoying none are deal-breakers. One example is libsass, a screaming fast alternative Sass compiler which at the time of writing was not compatible with the Compass framework, though I believe that has changed.

Built-in automatic browser-refreshing (for previewing)ĭepending how you setup your project some features may not be available, though to be fair most of this comes down to incompatibilities beyond the scope of CodeKit.

In short, once set-up to watch a project it will do all the heavy-lifting for you each time you save a file. It automates the compiling of numerous languages and installation of hundreds of frameworks, all of which allow you to work more efficiently with CSS, HTML and javascript, and frees you from having to use the Terminal which is often why people don’t try these tools in the first place. Its Reason for BeingĮssentially CodeKit provides a unified interface from which you “watch” projects that may use any of a dizzying array of development frameworks and languages such as Sass, Compass, Bourbon, Haml, Kit, Stylus, LESS and many, many more. In many ways adopting a preprocessor workflow proved a game-changer for me, but like most things there’s always room for improved efficiency, and for me that came in the form of an app named CodeKit. I was late to the preprocessor party, but now that I’m a daily Sass user I’m slowly exploring a myriad of other front-end development tools.