I am new to gulp plugins and am trying to get sourcemaps to work
file structure
css/
sass/
theme/
_some-style.scss
_some-style-2.scss
_some-style-3.scss
style.scss
style.css
style.css.map
In my style.scss file I have
#import "theme/some-style";
#import "theme/some-style-2";
#import "theme/some-style-3";
great so I am only getting, _some-style-3.scss to appear in my dev tools when I inspect. I know I have a path issue here but not sure how to fix it.
Gulp file:
gulp.task('sass', function () {
return gulp.src(css/sass/theme/**/*.scss)
.pipe(sourcemaps.init())
.pipe(sass.sync().on('error', sass.logError))
.pipe(sourcemaps.write())
.pipe(gulp.dest(css));
});
Your input is a bit confusing as you have different paths in your file structure, your import statements, and your gulp file. I'll base my answer on the path you provided in the file structure.
Your file structure says "theme" is directly under "sass", so your #import statement should be #import "theme/_various-scss-file.scss"
You need to specify the scss file in gulp.src not just the path, for example gulp.src('css/sass/style.scss'). And output path, according to your file structure and assume your gulp file is in the same folder as the css folder, should be gulp.dest('css').
Figured it out. Unrelated to paths. I didn't include that I was also compressing my scss first and that is interfering with the sourcemapping
Related
I have two scss files in a folder scss which will be included into a primary app.scss file. All of these are transpiled to corresponding css files in /css folder:
scss/global/swatches.scss:
$swatch-bg: rgba(30,30,45,1);
scss/global/panels.scss
.panel {
background-color: $swatch-bg;
}
And then they are both included in my app.scss file:
scss/app.scss:
#import 'global/swatches.scss';
#import 'global/panels.scss';
and then I run:
sass --watch scss:css
This correctly creates all expected files inthe css/folder.
However, if I now modify panels.scss which contains a reference to a variable (imported in app.scss) the watcher complains it can't find the variable. But if I edit and save app.scss after, it will correctly compile and the variable is correctly parsed too.
So it seems, if I edit app.scss, any variables defined in any of the imported files will be available to subsequent imported files when sass is compiling. But this is only true when editing app.scss.
How can I get it to compile correctly without having to add the same imports to each file? Is what I am trying to do even possible?
I managed to resolve this by using partials instead in the following manner:
Firstly, rename all my imports to include a prefix, for example:
global/_swatches.scss
and then in my main file (app.scss) import is as follows:
#import 'global/swatches';
Notice the lack of the underscore and .scss file extension
In my project i use many scss files (more than 100 files).
The file structure is similar to the BEM project.
scss/
--block/block.scss
----/__elem/block__elem.scss
--menu/menu.scss
----/__elem/menu__elem.scss
and etc...
All files compiled to css files with gulp-sass plugin and concatenated to 1 css file app.css
The same folder i have 2 scss files.
_variables.scss - for define custom variables
style.scss - main file (i use that file to import my variables).
scss/
_variables.scss
style.scss
In style.scss file contained import line with variables
#import "utilities/variables";
Yes, all variables is successful define in style.scss file, but how to define my variables for others scss files (for all scss files in folders and subfolders)?
For another files except style.scss in gulp project gives an error message:
out: error sass/menu/menu.scss (Line 5: Undefined variable: "$laptop".)
Thanks in advance.
I solved this problem. Now i just concatenate all scss file with variables and only then connect them to the general css.
Something like this:
sass/**/*.scss + _variables.scss> app.scss > app.css
Novice web dev here getting set up with SASS for the first time. Currently using Grunt to compile my css from a main SASS file.
So I have three files:
//main.css
/*some css*/
//main.scss
#import 'header';
//_header.scss
/* some sass */
When I edit and save the _header.scss file, I also have to save the main.scss file. Only then will gulp compile changes in the main.css file.
Is there a way to "autosave" every file that contains an import of a partial?
Based on what your providing I am thinking it has something to do with your main.css stuff at the top of your file. I am assuming that you have actual css below that comment in the real file?
Best practice is to #import everything at the top of the file before you do anything else.
If that is exactly what you have in the real file then it might be with how your running grunt.. Would you be able to provide your grunt config file please?
I have been working on a website and used Gulp to compile my scss files. However, the main.scss file quickly gained in the number of lines and I decided to split it in different files and then import into a single one which will be compiled to css.
here is the structure of my project (other folders, such as /js are omitted)
- css
- sass
- helpers
_variables.scss
main.scss
I use the following line to import _variables.scss in my main.scss
#import 'helpers/_variables.scss';
this is my gulp task:
gulp.task('sass',function(){
return gulp.src('sass/**/*.scss')
.pipe(sass().on('error', sass.logError))
.pipe(gulp.dest('css'))
});
When I launch the task, here what CLI outputs:
[17:13:04] Starting 'sass'...
Error in plugin 'sass'
Message:
sass\main.scss
undefined
There seem to be a few plugins...and I'm using webstorm file watcher which also precompiles individual files.
I think this may not be the best way to setup a watcher.
I'm running this command now:
sass --no-cache --update --stop-on-error --trace ./app/sass:./app/css
It seems to conflict with the webstorm file watch, which appears to be appending everything to base.css. Can someone tell me what exactly this command is doing vs. a sass filewatcher in webstorm?
What's the best way to work with sass:
precompile my sass to css using a grunt build task
and have file watchers while developing?
My base.sass looks like this:
#charset "UTF-8";
/* DO NOT EDIT FILES IN ./css. See ./sass instead */
#import "page";
#import "modal";
#import "nav";
#import "tables";
#import "forms";
#import "message";
Your command just compiles all files in diretory ./app/sass to CSS and put the resultant files to ./app/css. Default file watcher runs the following command:
sass --no-cache --update $FileName$:$FileNameWithoutExtension$.css
i.e. it takes the current file (the one that has been changed) as input and creates a .css in the same directory. But, as you have 'track only root files' option on (default settings), the watcher creates css for the root file only - the one that reference other files via imports. You can turn this option off to change the current behavior ans get css generated for other files as well.