Presentation for WordPress Vancouver meetup on LESS.

1. LESS IS BETTER
Curtis McHale
@curtismchale - curtismchale.ca - wpthemetutorial.com
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2. What is LESS
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3. What is LESS
Different way to write plain old CSS
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4. One Example
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5. One Example
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6. One Example
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7. BUT WHY????
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8. WHY
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9. WHY
File separation
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10. WHY
File separation
widgets.less
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11. WHY
File separation
widgets.less
forms.less
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12. WHY
File separation
widgets.less
forms.less
layout.less
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13. WHY
File separation
widgets.less
forms.less
layout.less
and still serve 1 file to the browser
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14. Save Time
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15. Save Time
Allows for variables
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16. Save Time
Allows for variables
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17. Save Time
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18. Save Time
Mixins
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19. Save Time
Mixins
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20. Save Time
Mixins
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21. Save Time
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22. Save Time
Nested Rules
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23. Save Time
Nested Rules
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24. Save Time
Nested Rules
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25. Save Time
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26. Save Time
Functions and Operations
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27. Save Browser Time
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28. Save Browser Time
Compile and Serve Minified Files
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29. Save Browser Time
Compile and Serve Minified Files
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30. Save Browser Time
Compile and Serve Minified Files
http://curtismchale.ca saves 3kb minified
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31. Save Browser Time
Compile and Serve Minified Files
http://curtismchale.ca saves 3kb minified
translates to 300mb for 100,000 visitors
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32. Some Issues
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33. Some Issues
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34. Some Issues
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35. Some Issues
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36. Some Issues
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37. Some Issues
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38. Over Nesting
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39. Over Nesting
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40. Over Nesting
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41. Over Nesting
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42. Over Nesting
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43. Over Nesting
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44. Nesting Best Practices
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45. Comment Please
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46. Comment Please
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47. Comment Please
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48. Comment Please
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49. COMPILING
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50. With Javascript
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51. With Javascript
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52. With Javascript
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53. During Development
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54. During Development
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55. During Development
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56. During Development
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57. THEME EXAMPLES
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58. var.less
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59. layout.less
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60. layout.less
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61. LESS IS BETTER
Curtis McHale
@curtismchale - curtismchale.ca - wpthemetutorial.com
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