I want to customize Bootstrap 4 theme such as colors, fonts, etc..
I read the instructions from Bootstrap website saying that I need to create custom.scss file and import Bootstrap’s source Sass files like this
// Custom.scss
// Your variable overrides
$body-bg: #000;
$body-color: #111;
// Bootstrap and its default variables
#import "node_modules/bootstrap/scss/bootstrap";
I'm new to both Sass and NodeJS and I do not know how to get started with a NodeJS and Sass project.
I went as far as installing NodeJS and Sass on my Mac using brew. I also installed Bootstrap by typing:
npm install bootstrap
This is the most progress I have made. I do not know in which path the bootstrap files are installed when I did the command npm install bootstrap and also I do not know how to bring that Bootstrap installation into my project folder.
Could anyone please provide some information or point me to a resource on how to get started with a NodeJS and Sass project so I can customize Bootstrap 4 theme using Sass.
You have to run the npm install bootstrap command inside your project directory. Bootstrap and its files will then be installed into the directory node_modules/bootstrap inside your project directory.
Now, when placing your custom scss files into this folder, they will be able to access the node_modules directory, in which bootstrap is.
You can then create a custom building pipeline using npm tools for compiling scss files to css. This requires more in-depth knowledge on node.js and NPM, but that is the usual and recommended way of doing it.
If you just want to compile the scss once and work with the css from there without having to use node.js more in depth, you can use packages like scss-compile and then use console commands like node-sass -rw scssFiles -o cssOutputFiles to compile your custom theme once.
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I'm developing with vue.js and vue cli 3. Currently I handle my CSS styles with SASS and compile them with Koala-app. At the moment I am still using it because it is very easy to configure the main.scss and their respective files, and then compile it with autoprefix, in compressed format and with source map to another folder with the name styles.css, I keep the following structure:
I need to replace koala with NPM SASS Loader, how do I replicate this same configuration with VUE CLI 3? The information for the webpack should be added in vue.config.js? Or where? and what would be the parameters to achieve the same effect?
I installed Bootstrap CSS with SASS from the following repo:
https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap-sass
I ran the command "bower install bootstrap-sass" on the command line and this successfully installed the folder bower_components on my project folder. (Incidentally - I have nothing else present yet, I want to learn to bootstrap the CSS compiling first).
OK, here's what I want to accomplish:
I want to be able to add .scss files to the folder I create called resources/assets/sass/
I want to provision/manage so that .scss files I add to this directory are in turn compiled to public/build/css/that_file_name.css
More practically, I would like to compile all of the .scss files into one large .css file.
My question(s) are:
What does the compiling?
How do I instruct it to compile the .scss files in the folder above in the public/build/css/ folder?
Must I configure new .scss files or can I set it so as to just add them to that sass folder?
Bonus, how do I tell it to minify the output file, or not (so I can experiment with both ways)?
What does the compiling?
Compiling Sass files transforms stylesheets with Sass-specific syntax like selector nesting and mixins into normal CSS that can be parsed by browsers.
How do I instruct it to compile the .scss files in the folder above in the public/build/css/ folder?
Since you're already using Bower which is a Node.js package, I assume that you have no problem using the Node.js package node-sass instead of the original Ruby version.
First, install the package using npm i -D node-sass. Then, create a new script inside your project's package.json:
"compile-sass": "node-sass resources/assets/sass/main.scss public/build/css/main.css"
main.scss is now your entry point where you import Bootstrap and your other stylesheets.
// I don't know whether this path is correct
// Just find out the location of "_bootstrap.scss" and then create the relative path
#import "../../../bower_components/bootstrap-sass/assets/stylesheets/_bootstrap.scss";
/* Your custom SCSS */
Finally, to actually run the compilation, execute npm run compile-sass in your terminal.
Must I configure new .scss files or can I set it so as to just add them to that sass folder?
Since you never tell node-sass to "compile everything inside this folder" and instead use an entry point file (main.js), when you want to include a new file you simply add an #import directive with a relative path to it.
Bonus, how do I tell it to minify the output file, or not (so I can experiment with both ways)?
To minify the resulting main.css file, I recommend csso. You can install its CLI package using npm i -D csso-cli and then add another script to your package.json:
"minify-css": "csso public/build/css/main.css public/build/css/main.min.css"
You can then run that script using npm run minify-css. The minified file will be outputted as main.min.css.
For all the question asked, the answer can be found above. But if you are just looking to compile .scss file to .css using command line, use below,
sass source/stylesheets/index.scss build/stylesheets/index.css
Make sure you have "node JS/npm" and Sass compiler installed.
If not, use this to install Node.js and npm - https://www.npmjs.com/get-npm
And use this to install Sass - https://sass-lang.com/install
Enjoy ;)
I am installing bootstrap and jquery with npm. I want only ( not the sass files ) the jquery and bootstrap files to be installed in web/vendor and not in node_submodules/... Is that possible?
So my symfony structure looks like this
app
bin
composer.json
composer.lock
Gruntfile.js
node_modules
- bootstrap and jquery files are here <<
package.json
src
tests
var
vendor
web
- vendor
- I want my bootstrap and jquery files here <<
Or should I just download bootstrap and jquery and place them myself in web/vendor and forget about node_modules.
See npm local install package to custom location.
Using your approach is fine for a small project, but if you plan on building a more ambitious application, you should really look into using a build tool like webpack, gulp, or grunt. Then you can package up your javascript dependencies from your node_modules into a single file and have it generated into your public js folder.
How can I use preprocessors in my ng2 app? I'm using angular-cli and the original docs are not clear enough for me. Besides, I want to use the styles globally, not only component-wide.
Install your CSS compiler: Search npm for your preffered extension language.
Tested and recommended for SASS: npm install node-sass --save-dev
Add your "to be processed" file to src/assets/css (with the normal file extension, e.g. .sass)
Add the style ref to the index.html file:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="assets/css/whatever.css"> - note the .css file extension.
Update your build file (angular-cli-build.js) with the folder of your "to be processed" files. This object HAS to be placed before the vendorNpmFiles-array.:
sassCompiler: { //(lessCompiler or stylusCompiler)
includePaths: [
'app/assets/css' //Only the folder, not your file!
]
}
Bonus answer: Why don't I use direct paths to files instead of the includePath? Because you may want to use variable files, so it could get really messy with absolute paths!
The Angular CLI has built in support for Sass/SCSS, Less, and Stylus. See here.
As of the Webpack update to the CLI, there are no extra steps other than renaming your stylesheets with the appropriate extension.
For the previous System.js/Broccoli versions, it was also necessary to install the preprocessor packages to your app, like so: npm install node-sass --save-dev.
It will automatically process the stylesheets within and under the src folder.
I'm already using bootstrap.css. But i would like to surcharge the less variables without using bootstrap customize editor.
I would like to add a less file in my project. My project is a simple nodejs project with express and harpejs.
Where to find the less file ? Using express it will compile it when i will deploy the project ?
Thanks.
Look at using bower.
npm install -g bower
bower install bootstrap
You will then find all the less files in bower_components/bootstrap/less/*. Copy the bootstrap.less file to your CSS directory and make alterations (make sure the paths are correct).
You can then look at using some Grunt tasks to get the less to build.