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Can Vanilla CSS Replace Sass Yet?

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In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott go through all the features of Sass and decide where we are at with Native CSS alternatives, giving each feature a rating of replaceable, plausible, or missing.
Show Notes 00:11 Welcome
01:17 Easter updates
04:17 Getting into Sass
06:03 What is PostCSS?
09:52 CSS Variables
13:49 CSS Nesting
CSS Nesting - Chrome Developers

postcss-plugins/plugins/postcss-nesting at main · csstools/postcss-plugins

23:13 Colors
CSS5 Color Functions — Syntax Podcast 479

29:08 CSS Looping
34:20 Mixins or extends
39:34 CSS Partials
Features - PostCSS Preset Env - CSSTools

44:29 CSS Math
49:40 Functions
Is Houdini Ready Yet?

52:04 Firefox and Safari support
55:08 Back to Functions
56:21 BEM Syntax
58:51 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××
××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Solar Lantern

Wes: Cotton Candy Machine

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