I'd be also inclined to follow this way. Though Jonatan's point is to provide an easy mean using a HTLM5 web framework not only one of the tools embedded in those HTLM5 web framework.
BTW found this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9739724/java-compiler-for-less-css Jacques From: "Paul Foxworthy" <p...@cohsoft.com.au> > Hi Richard and everyone, > > We are currently using less for our own project based on OFBiz, and it > really is cleaning up a lot of noise in stylesheets. We are using a gradle > plugin that compiles less to css without node: > > https://github.com/obecker/gradle-lesscss-plugin > > and that's working well. So it is likely there are jars out there that > compile less to css without node. > > Cheers > > Paul Foxworthy > > > Richard Siddall wrote >> Jonatan Soto wrote: >>> Would be anyone interested in convert the existing frontend themes into >>> Bootstrap http://twitter.github.io/bootstrap/? >>> >>> The idea is to create a theme from scratch that will replace the current >>> default and multiplex themes. >> [snip] >> >> While I think having more modern front-end themes would be great, let me >> play devil's advocate... >> >> Why Bootstrap? >> >> Why not Zurb Foundation (http://foundation.zurb.com/), HTML5 Boilerplate >> (http://html5boilerplate.com/) or some other starting point? Or as >> Scott Kellum argued on the Compass list (on January 8), use a >> combination of components such as Susy, Sassy-buttons, Color-Schemer, >> and Modular-Scale. >> >> Bootstrap is an easy way of getting a lot of functionality, but it's >> arguable overused. It's fast becoming to HTML5 frameworks what Times >> Roman is to web fonts. If you want your web shop to look like everyone >> else's web shop, it's a great choice. If you want to differentiate >> yourself in the market, use something else. >> >> Plus, many Bootstrap-based themes just throw the whole bloated framework >> at the browser, regardless of which pieces they use, slowing page loads >> and wasting mobile bandwidth allocations. But Bootstrap is built on >> LESS, so you can choose which chunks of CSS and JavaScript should be >> included in your site's copy of Bootstrap, as well as using variables >> and mixins to get more consistent CSS styling. >> >> LESS is based on JavaScript, which practically requires you to install >> Node.js to use it. Zurb Foundation is based on SASS, which is written >> in Ruby. It looks like SASS will run on JRuby on the JVM. >> >> To summarize: >> - Bootstrap is just one of several great HTML5 frameworks >> - You can get the same effects using straight CSS3 and JavaScript, or >> smaller projects for areas like responsive design, button styling, text >> spacing, etc. >> - Bootstrap is overused >> - Bootstrap is frequently ineptly used, penalizing the end user >> - A major reason to use Bootstrap is to use LESS and other languages >> that abstract CSS and JavaScript >> - Bootstrap may not be the best framework for a Java-based project >> >> I hope this helps. >> >> Regards, >> >> Richard Siddall > > > > > > ----- > -- > Coherent Software Australia Pty Ltd > http://www.coherentsoftware.com.au/ > > Bonsai ERP, the all-inclusive ERP system > http://www.bonsaierp.com.au/ > > -- > View this message in context: > http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Converting-frontend-themes-to-Twitter-Bootstrap-tp4641013p4641076.html > Sent from the OFBiz - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
