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Discussion on: When was the last time you wrote CSS code without preprocessors?

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Ben Sinclair

When? Earlier today.
The front end of the site I'm working on has a build process involving Sass, but the admin interface is out-the-box and requires CSS overrides.
Other times I might be changing one-off CSS values with javascript, but that's pretty rare and smelly.

CSS preprocessors aren't that far from the CSS they produce; they're just wrappers. I don't see why anyone wouldn't learn CSS first - that seems like a recipe for frustration when they end up using a different preprocessor if nothing else.

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Silvestar Bistrović

I am aware that learning CSS first is mandatory. I was wondering if preprocessors are introduced at the beginning of the learning process or later.

If I was to start learning CSS today and I was introduced with preprocessors, I think I would embrace it as default. Everybody uses it and makes your life easier.