Sass
Remember in our first JavaScript Developer Toolkit article I've told that you would need to install Ruby. Today we'll see why and the reason is Sass . Sass is an extension of CSS3 that helps you creating better stylesheets with less effort. Sass frees you from repetition and gives you tools to be creative. Since you can implement changes much faster, you’ll be able to take your design in a more boldly manner. Your stylesheets will be able to keep pace with changes, all while producing standards-based CSS you can use in any environment. As mentioned already, the Sass processor is written in Ruby. However Ruby environment has to be only installed on the development environment, so it doesn't matter how you write your server side. You only deploy the generated CSS files to production environment. gem install sass Sass offers a lot of features such as variables, nesting, importing, mixins and many more. I'll cover the most important of them, but make sure to read