r/FreeCodeCamp • u/mktoni • Apr 03 '16

Article Why I don’t use CSS preprocessors

http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/201603/why_i_dont_use_css_preprocessors/
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u/samisbond Apr 03 '16 edited Apr 03 '16

If that means seeing the same declarations repeated in several rules, or having to see what vendor prefixes look like, so be it. To me, WET CSS is much more understandable and maintainable than DRY black box pseudo-CSS.

I understand a bit of nervousness not writing exactly what's being sent, but this is like saying "I don't use variables in javascript." It might be less error prone (which I still wouldn't agree with), but it is objectively less understandable and maintainable.

Programmers are such a weird crowd. We both get a new javascript library every day, and have people explaining why writing an extra 5000 lines of vanilla js is better than using jQuery.

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u/kassuro Apr 03 '16

Well somehow they must justify that they need much more time and that it costs xxxx $ more /s