8 CSS preprocessing programs for accelerating development time

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Author: fmms 2011-11-01 10:32:45
CSS allows you to do many things, but for developers, there is a lack of many features, such as variables, constants, and some programming syntax. This article introduces 8 CSS preprocessors to accelerate your CSS development.

Less CSS

Less CSS is a widely used CSS Preprocessor that extends CSS with simple syntax and variables to reduce the amount of CSS code.

Get it: http://www.oschina.net/p/lesscss

Sass

Sass extends CSS3 and adds features such as rules, variables, ing, selector, and inheritance. Sass generates well-formatted CSS code, which is easy to organize and maintain.Get it: http://www.oschina.net/p/sass

Turbine

If you are a PHP enthusiast, Turbine is very suitable for you. It is very simple syntax, multiple css files are automatically gzip, and cross-browser problems are fixed.Get it: http://turbine.peterkroener.de/index.php

Switch CSS

Switch is a fully functional and stable CSS Preprocessor. It runs in Apache and mod_python and provides command line processing tools.Get it: http://www.oschina.net/p/switchcss

CSS Cacheer

CSS Cacheer is a cool pre-processor that allows developers to create CSS plug-ins, requiring PHP and apache mod_deflate and mod_rewrite modules.Get it: http://retired.haveamint.com/archive/2008/05/30/check_out_css_cacheer

CSS Preprocessor

Another interesting pre-processor, developed using PHP5, can be used for example:Margin-left: (200px * 3/2-10px );Such an expressionGet it: http://pornel.net/css

DT CSS

DtCSS is a PHP script used to pre-process CSS files. DtCSS can accelerate CSS encoding by extending CSS features. Such as nested selector and color mixing. DtCSS reads the CSS file, processes the special syntax, and outputs the standard CSS. DtCSS contains an intelligent cache system.Get it: http://www.oschina.net/p/dtcss

CSS PP

Css pp is still alpha version. It provides PHP, Python, and Ruby versions.Get it: http://csspp.org/

From: http://css.dzone.com/articles/8-css-preprocessors-speed