SASS Enhancing Frontend Styling
Course Description:
This course is designed to equip students with a deep understanding of Sass and its application in modern web development. Through a combination of theoretical lessons and hands-on projects, students will learn how to leverage Sass to write more organized, efficient, and scalable stylesheets.
What is Sass and why use it?
Installation and setup
Basic syntax and structure
Variables and data types
Interpolation and operations
Nesting styles for improved readability
Parent and child selectors
Combining selectors
Best practices for maintaining clear structure
Creating and using mixins
Accepting arguments in mixins
Managing vendor prefixes
Using placeholder selectors
Extending selectors for code reusability
Comparing mixins, extends, and placeholders
Introduction to control directives (if, for, each, while)
Dynamic styling based on conditions
Looping through lists and maps
Structuring a modular stylesheet
Using partials to break up styles
Importing and including files
Organizing variables and mixins
Working with Sass libraries and frameworks
Using Sass with build tools (Webpack, Gulp)
CSS architecture and managing large codebases
Final project: Creating a responsive website with Sass
Course Objectives:
By the end of this program, students should be able to:
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Students will be able to streamline their CSS workflow using Sass features like variables, nesting, and mixins. This will help them write cleaner and more organized code, making it easier to maintain and update styles in the future.
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Students will be able to structure their stylesheets in a modular way using partials and imports. This modular approach improves code organization, reduces redundancy, and allows for better collaboration in larger projects.
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With an understanding of mixins, students can create reusable pieces of styling that can be applied across various elements or components. This reduces code duplication and makes updates more consistent.
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Students will be able to apply dynamic styling using control directives like if statements and loops. This is particularly useful when handling different styles for different conditions, such as responsive design or theming.
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Armed with the knowledge of media queries and variables, students can create more efficient responsive designs. They can use variables to store breakpoints and apply them consistently throughout the stylesheet.
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Students will know how to manage vendor prefixes effectively using mixins or functions, ensuring that their styles work consistently across different browsers.
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By using techniques like extends and placeholders, students can reduce the amount of duplicated CSS code in their projects, which makes ongoing maintenance and updates easier.
