LESS vs. COMPASS

Question

For a rails CSS framework for an existing app, which one do you prefer - LESS or COMPASS?

Withindoors

Answer 1

Less and Compass are not really direct competitors.

LESS is a CSS engine. Compass is more a toolbox around SASS/SCSS and Blueprint CSS framewok. So if you want to use Blueprint in your project, use Compass.

You should take a look at LESS syntax and SCSS syntax and choose the one your prefer. But they both are now a superset of CSS 3 and they have more or less the same features.

Another thing to know is that SCSS/SASS is still included in HAML gem. So if you want to use HAML...

San

Just one tiny correction even though Compass was born out of Blueprint it now supports several CSS frameworks. – Sorbian