Fastest way to compile SCSS (Compass) + refresh the browser?

elemelas picture elemelas · Jan 5, 2014 · Viewed 11.1k times · Source

Just wondering what in your opinion is the fastest way to have your SCSS compiled and browser refreshed? I'm currently using LiveReload, but it seems to be a bit slow sometimes, it can take from 1-3sec. It doesn't seem much, but I feel like I'm losing my proper coding pace.

What do you guys use? would CodeKit be faster? Or maybe Sublime LiveReload plugin (not the actual app)? Or maybe I should give up Compass and use something else? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

PS. I'm on OS X

Answer

Ilan Frumer picture Ilan Frumer · Jan 5, 2014

I use this stack:

Caveats

But it is much faster x100xxx...!

Read more here:

http://benfrain.com/lightning-fast-sass-compiling-with-libsass-node-sass-and-grunt-sass/

Example

To enable live reload on your page, add a script tag before your closing body tag:

<script src="//localhost:35729/livereload.js"></script>

That's an example of a Gruntfile.js:

module.exports = function(grunt) {
  grunt.initConfig({
    pkg: grunt.file.readJSON("package.json"),
    sass: {
      dist: {
        options: {
          outputStyle: "nested"
        },
        files: {
          "dist/css/app.css": "src/scss/app.scss"
        }
      }
    },
    watch: {
      options: {
        livereload: true
      },
      grunt: {
        files: ["Gruntfile.coffee"]
      },
      sass: {
        files: "src/scss/app.scss",
        tasks: ["sass"]
      }
    }
  });
  grunt.loadNpmTasks("grunt-sass");
  grunt.loadNpmTasks("grunt-contrib-watch");
  grunt.registerTask("build", ["sass"]);
  grunt.registerTask("default", ["build", "watch"]);
};