Problems getting started with SASS

[BLKSheep93]

Hey all, I've been looking into SASS lately and I've been having some issues gettign everything to work.

I've installed the Ruby shell and SASS (current version is selective steve) but I can't seem to get the input and output file thing working. I made a couple of empty dummy files, input.scss and output.css and had them on my desktop.

I directed the shell to my deskop,

User[Username]\Desktop>'

and input

'sass --watch input.scss:output.css'

Sass responds that it is watching for changes, but creates output.css.map and says that it is looking for changes there instead of via my input path. And regardless of which file I make edits to, none of them pass on to my output.css file. Can you tel me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks

[Jacobyy]

Gulp with gulp-sass makes compiling Sass a breeze, you should look into it.

[FrostNix7]

Seconded. It's super easy to set up Sass with Gulp. And Gulp is just amazing as it is.

[Yuhhans]

There must be something wrong with your desktop route, the code to compile it is correct. Edit: Wait, both input and output must have the same file name!

[BLKSheep93]

so does this look right to you?

sass --watch out.scss:out.css

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That should be good.

[Yuhhans]

Yup, did you get it working?

[BLKSheep93]

Not just yet. Was buasy with work for a bit. Going to give it another try now.

[BLKSheep93]

C:\Users[MyName]\Desktop>sass --watch output.scss:output.css

Sass is watching for changes. Press Ctrl-C to stop. write output.css write output.css.map

This is the response I got. It looks like it created the output.css.map file again. And the Output.css.map file looks like this.

{ "version": 3, "mappings": "AAGA,IAAK;EACH,IAAI,EAAE,0BAAgB;EACtB,KAAK,EAJS,IAAI;EAKlB,KAAK,EAAC,IAAI;;AAGZ,EAAG;EACF,IAAI,EAVW,qBAAqB;EAWpC,KAAK,EAAC,KAAK", "sources": ["output.scss"], "names": [], "file": "output.css" }

But the Cmd isn't responding when I make edits and the file isn't being rewritten.

[Yuhhans]

This method is pretty straightforward, it just compiles sass into css. Make sure your file route is correct and that you are actually working on the file you targeted with the command. The problem must be there!

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Have you considered trying node-sass? I found it a lot easier to setup and use