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Before we wrap up, let's go over a few additional tools and resources that will help you go forward with Sass.
Sass Coding Tools
Sass Layout Tools
Sass Mixin Libraries
Sass References
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Remember how you felt about Sass at the
beginning of this course?
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How do you feel about it now?
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Hopefully the whole CSS to Sass process
seems a little less intimidating.
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And we've only just scratched the surface
of what Sass can do for us.
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So before we wrap up, let's go over a few
additional tools and
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resources that will help you go forward
with Sass.
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So if you need quick tools to try out
ideas, or
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quickly experiment with Sass, two of the
best tools are Codepen and Sassmeister.
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To use Sass on Codepen, we can click the
settings icon in the CSS window.
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Then we can select either the Sass or SCSS
syntax.
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Then you can start writing Sass in the CSS
window.
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Now to view the compiled CSS, you can
click the preview icon and
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it shows you the compiled CSS preview.
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So a really helpful tool for working with
Sass and writing Sass snippets.
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So another awesome tool made by the Sass
community for
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the Sass community is Sassmeister.
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Again, Sassmeister supports both the Sass
and SCSS syntax.
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You write your Sass in the left column and
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it shows you the CSS output in the right
column.
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And in the advanced Sass course, Dale
Sand, one of the creators of Sassmeister,
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gives us a good rundown of all the
features of Sassmeister.
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And if you're looking for
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helpful layout tools while building with
Sass check out Susy.
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Susy is a smart and powerful set of Sass
mixins for building grid-based layouts.
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And it's a flexible tool for defining and
using various types of grid layouts.
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Now breakpoint at breakpoint-sass.com is
also
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a great tool that makes writing and using
media queries in our Sass really simple.
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So next, if you need any Sass mixin
libraries
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to speed up your workflow even more, start
by checking out Bourbon.
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Bourbon is a simple and lightweight mixin
library for Sass.
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And it helps write CSS faster and easier.
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Now, if you like using Bourbon,
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there's also a lightweight responsive grid
framework they make called, NEAT.
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And NEAT is built on top of Bourbon.
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And we can use it for building all types
of layouts.
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Finally, there's also the Compass
framework at compassstyle.org.
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Now, to learn more about Compass you can
actually check out the Compass Basics
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course in our library.
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Finally, for more help and references, you
can always refer to the original Sass
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documentation, accessible from the Sass
homepage at sass-lang.com.
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And there's also popular blogs like The
Sass Way and Sass break
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which frequently publish articles about
the latest in Sass and related topics.
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So, as you can see, there are lots of
helpful Sass resources out there.
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And if you come across a handy Sass
snippet, don't just copy and
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paste it into your project, anyone can
copy code.
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Now if we try to understand the thinking
that went behind that code,
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that's where a lot of the learning and
understanding will happen for you.
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One of the best parts about Sass has
little to do with the technology itself,
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it's the community around Sass that also
makes it special.
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Sass is driven by an amazing community of
designers and developers who
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love to collaborate, help others out, and
spread the word about Sass.
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So, what's next?
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Well, there are more courses on Sass that
will teach you advanced concepts,
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how to write modular code and more, but
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what can we do now to practice what we
have learned?
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Well you can start by converting your
portfolio or blog over to Sass.
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Or you can build a simple website,
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even just a small site component from
scratch using Sass.
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Now if you work with a team, go ahead and
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show your team some of the neat things we
can do with Sass.
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Or get on CodePen or SassMeister and just
experiment with Sass code.
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Learning and experimenting gives us the
courage to build more projects and
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share our ideas, even if it means we mess
up a little more often,
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but that's okay because that's how we're
gonna get better.
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So remember, we're always here to help, so
if you have any questions about Sass
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feel free to reach out to our wonderful
treehouse community on the forum, or
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you can get a hold of me on Twitter, I'm
@guilh..
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Thanks, everyone.
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