Sass News Project Updates
Hi Sasstronauts!
I hope everyone is well. I was decompressing after my conference, Clarity and now I’ve been getting back into the swing of things. Since the last time I sent an email out, I became a co-chair for the Design Tokens Community Group alongside Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent. Some exciting things will be happening there. I also emceed a conference in Helsinki which was a lot of fun. I’ll get the opportunity to do that again soon at Design Systems London. There was a recent uptick in Sass community news which is very exciting! So without further ado… on to the Sass news.
— Jina
Thank you to Webflow for your Full Moon support and to David Demaree, Josue Martinez, and InVision for your Gibbous Moon support on Patreon.
Sass News
Sass Core Team News
Release Dart Sass 1.22.12 · sass/dart-sass
Dart Sass 1.22.12 is released! This release improves parsing of custom identifiers, fixes a bug where .css files weren't being watched, and improves JavaScript compilation performance when lots of imports are involved.
github.com
Module System Preview « Sass Blog
Want to give Sass's new module system a try before it launches next month? It's available now as a beta preview release on all distribution channels!
logdown.com
Ship a built-in package importer · Issue #2739 · sass/sass
Interested in writing or using Sass packages in npm and beyond? Help us figure out the best way to build a standard package importer into the language!
github.com
Links
Feeling Sassy Again - Cloud Four
Here’s why Cloud Four reevaluated the value Sass may add to their projects.
cloudfour.com
Visual Regression Testing in Design Systems
Visual regression testing in a design system helps detect unintended changes. Read as Patrick explains this type of testing and shares some effective tools for implementing it.
seesparkbox.com
Automated Testing and Continuous Integration for Design Systems
Adam explains why you should implement automated testing and continuous integration in your design system.
seesparkbox.com
Partners
A Proof of Concept for Making Sass Faster
On large projects, increasing Sass compilation time can be a major source of frustration for developers. This scalability issue is arguably the number one downside to Sass. But there is a solution, which has been pioneered in a WordPress CSS editor called Microthemer. Microthemer selectively compiles a subset of selectors and Sass entities, rather than feeding all code to the compiler. This way, compilation remains as fast with 3000 selectors as it does with a handful. If you work with WordPress, you might want to give Microthemer a try. But if you currently compile Sass using Node, you might want to vote for an npm implementation at the bottom of the CSS tricks article which explains exactly how selective compilation works.
css-tricks.com
Book an Office Hour with Me
If you would like to discuss Design Systems or Sass with me, you can purchase a timeslot on my calendar.
calend.ly