How to modify CSS style with JHipster? - css

This may seem like a silly question for front end developers, but how do you modify the CSS stylesheets in JHipster? With Gulp, Nodejs, Bower, Boostrap, Sass, Gradle/Maven and Compass all intermingled, some pointers to get started would be appreciated. I'm using Gradle.
Of course, simply modifying src/main/scss/main.scss, doesn't seem to work!


The solution is:
Install gulp - see: https://gist.github.com/aaronwaldon/8657432 and
any missing npm dependencies not mentioned in the article (if gulp fails in #3 below).
Edit src/main/scss/main.scss as required.
Then, in the project root (where gulpfile.js is), and run gulp - for my configuration, we're using Compass, so the "gulp compass" command updated the css.

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map for using sass in bootstrap for bower project

I'm kind of confused. This is my project structure
installing bootstrap using bower and some file and directory what direction should I follow to using sass in this kind of structure: for example I mean
install grunt
grunt to your project
add sass file what ever your want
...
I see a lot of ways and you know many of them do not match with my project structure. some one said grunt some one else said bootstrap sass and compile your project and more.

this article by css tricks is the MAP
Gulp for Beginners
1-install gulp globally
2-install gulp in your project
note-gulp is very very flexible with paths and project structures
3-you need two folder app-dist
4-add file gulpfilel.js
5-install sass plugin in gulp
6-write a task and run it !
7-just simple ?!!

Adding Bootstrap v4.0.0-alpha.3 to Ember application

I'm trying to update my Bootstrap dependency in my Ember application to the alpha 4 version so I can access the utility classes (such as margin/padding).
I think Bootstrap is a bower dependency since it's listed in bower.json, so I followed the instructions from the new Bootstrap website:
bower install bootstrap#v4.0.0-alpha.3
When I did this, bower.json didn't update. In fact, Bootstrap version is still "bootstrap": "^3.3.7".
The only differences are:
Now I have 152 JSHint errors in my terminal...I tried adding "bootstrap":true to .jshintrc and restarted my server but the errors were still there.
My ember app was broken until I removed line 1 in change-version.js, which was #!/usr/bin/env node.
When I start typing a new css style in my templates, the CSS styles are showing up, but my Ember application is not recognizing them. For example, here is an image:
When I add the class m-r-3 and reload localhost, nothing shows up.
I've already tried importing bootstrap.min.css and bootstrap.css in the ember-cli-build.js file. It didn't work.
I have already read through this page which goes over dependencies but I have had no luck. If anyone could assist here that would be greatly appreciated.

You need to use --save parameter to save bower.json:
bower install --save bootstrap#v4.0.0-alpha.3
Look at the bower_components directory, does it keep the old version of the bootstrap? If so remove it.
You should add bootstrap.css to the ember-cli-build.js, as you said. Have a look at this addon, check your coding against of a typo or erronous adding.
Does your client loads any version of bootstrap? (Check vendor.js)

Compiling Stylus Files while scaffolding with Yeoman

I've got my own generators which work like charms.
One thing I'd like to add to them that would make my work faster is to compile stylus file once they have been copied to the new project folder. Is there a way to achieve this with Yeoman without the user being forced to launch grunt after the yo command?
Thank you!
Andrea

Can't you just have the compiled CSS in this case anyway? If the Yo process can install npm dependencies then you should be able to execute a script that will compile the stylus files.

How to use Bootstrap with less in an express node js project?

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.

sass --watch not updating after initial launch (sass 3.1.16)

I am working with sass to write the css for a simple static website I am working on. I have run sass --watch custom.scss:custom.css which compiles fine on launch with the message:
Sass is watching for changes. Press Ctrl-C to stop.
overwrite custom.css
However, whenever I update the .scss file, nothing happens. I haven't used SASS outside the context of a rails app before, so I'm wondering if I am missing something?
My scss file is incredibly simple as well, so I doubt it is choking on anything, especially since it works on the first run.
sass -v reports Sass 3.1.16 (Brainy Betty), on Lion 10.7.2

This has now been fixed in the latest commit.
The updated stable gem (3.1.17) hasn't been released yet but there are a few choices while you wait:
Stick with 3.1.16 and use absolute paths when loading up watch, e.g:
sass --watch /User/name/project/scss:/User/name/project/css
The bug should only occur with relative paths so this works around it.
Use the updated (alpha) version
gem install sass --pre
Temporarily roll back to 3.1.15 as suggested by #Marco Lazzeri

Same problem here.
I don't know exactly what the problem is, but rolling back to the previous version is a temporary workaround:
gem uninstall sass -v=3.1.16
gem install sass -v=3.1.15

As it is mentioned by pjumble, it is a known bug in process. You can use absolute path to address this problem, before a new version is release.
This is what I usually do to avoid typing a full path:
cd work-directory
sass --watch `pwd`/sass:`pwd`/css
Hope this work for you:)

I too had the same problem.
Just by updating my gem, it worked.
gem update sass

I had this problem too with the latest SASS version at this time. Downgrading to version 3.2.9 did the trick to me on 2 different Windows 8 computers.
gem uninstall sass
gem install sass -v 3.2.9

I Had a similar problem: "Change detected", but then no writing despite it compiling and overwriting the .css file days before.
Notes:
Reinstalling sass in Ruby didn't work.
I pointed sass --watch at some other projects and they worked.
What seemed to create this problem was that I had made a copy of one project while it was being watched, then started watching the second project.
I can't say for sure but this seem to "trip up" Ruby, maybe it was the cache or some stored info about the file locations.
Solution:
I just created a newly named project folder, dragged into it all the scss files from the second project, renamed the main scss file (e.g. "uikit-main.scss" to "uikit.scss"), --watch it, and it began overwriting correctly again.

I`ve also stuck with sass (v3.4.23) not recompiling after the first run, but it was realted with scss`s folder structure - Sass can`t watch changes in files that are located by the path directing upwards the watching file. Link for details

In my case, the problem was because I'm using sass in a vagrant machine with ubuntu. I install and run sass directly from my host OS (Mac) and the watch mode starts to work.

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