Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-16 Thread Billy Cravens
Calling Charlie Arehart, you are being paged :-) All CFMeetups are recorded for posterity, and while seemingly inactive, Charlie is always open to folks presenting. Billy Cravens bdcrav...@gmail.com On Sep 10, 2013, at 4:38 PM, Nathan Strutz wrote: > > I don't think it's recorded anywher

Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Dean Lawrence
Rick, CFSTATIC (https://github.com/DominicWatson/cfstatic) will combine and minify both standard CSS and JS files as well as work with LESS file. I've used it in a number of projects and it works great. On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Rick Faircloth wrote: > > But one question I need clarifi

Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Roger Austin
On 9/10/2013 2:05 PM, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Claude_Schn=E9egans wrote: > > >>How would you perform CSS pre-processing with CF? > > Well, if the job is just to create dynamic CSS, CF can do the same way it can > create dynamic HTML. > It can either create static .CSS files whenever styles muste be chan

Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Billy Cravens
Surprised I haven't seen info on Nathan Strutz's CF+LESS talk here: https://github.com/NathanStrutz/Write-LESS-CSS-Presentation-Material I know he's given this talk a few times; unsure if there's a recording anywhere. Billy Cravens bdcrav...@gmail.com On Sep 10, 2013, at 1:11 PM, Roger Aus

Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Nathan Strutz
I don't think it's recorded anywhere, but if you want me to give it somewhere, let me know. ;) nathan strutz [www.dopefly.com] [about.me/nathanstrutz] On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Billy Cravens wrote: > > Surprised I haven't seen info on Nathan Strutz's CF+LESS talk here: > > > https://gi

Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Mike K
>t why rewrite >the wheel when documented frameworks already exist > >Learning another language to do what can be done as easily by the language I've been using for years looks like reinventing the wheel to me. That's the advantage of Less (and SASS too for that matter) - you dont learn any new s

Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Billy Cravens
LESS (and SASS/SCSS) are common, widely used CSS preprocessors. Frameworks like Bootstrap come with LESS files. I could also write my own database use XML files and CF's XML/struct/array capabilities, but that would be quite ridiculous. Billy Cravens bdcrav...@gmail.com On Sep 10, 2013, at

Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Claude Schnéegans
>>How would you perform CSS pre-processing with CF? Well, if the job is just to create dynamic CSS, CF can do the same way it can create dynamic HTML. It can either create static .CSS files whenever styles muste be changed. For instance, in my CMS I have a styles editor with all parameters sto

RE: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Rick Faircloth
ssage- From: Steve 'Cutter' Blades [mailto:cold.fus...@cutterscrossing.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 11:00 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF? Variables are on small advantage. It's nice to be able to set a variable for a color, for instance,

Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Steve 'Cutter' Blades
Maybe you can save everyone the trouble and write the CFLESS equivelant, a la CFWheels;) Steve 'Cutter' Blades Adobe Community Professional Adobe Certified Expert Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer http://cutterscrossing.com Co-Author "Learning Ext JS 3.2" Packt Publish

Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Claude Schnéegans
>>But why rewrite the wheel when documented frameworks already exist Learning another language to do what can be done as easily by the language I've been using for years looks like reinventing the wheel to me. ~| Order the Ad

RE: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Rick Faircloth
How would you perform CSS pre-processing with CF? -Original Message- From: Claude Schnéegans [mailto:=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Claude_Schn=E9egans http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/me

Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Steve 'Cutter' Blades
You're right, you could do something like this with CF. But why rewrite the wheel when documented frameworks already exist that can do it for you? Now, if you need something that one of these frameworks can not accomplish for you... Steve 'Cutter' Blades Adobe Community Professional Adobe Cert

Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Claude Schnéegans
Apparently, this looks like a CSS prepocessor. But I do not see anything that cannot be done with CF. So what is the advantage of using yet another technology? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/A

Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Steve 'Cutter' Blades
essage----- > From: Steve 'Cutter' Blades [mailto:cold.fus...@cutterscrossing.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 7:58 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF? > > > As a heavy Bootstrap user, I use LESS constantly. Once you really

RE: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Che Vilnonis
RE: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF? I'm just now looking seriously into LESS and its usage. So far, I've really only looked at its use of variables. As far as variables are concerned, I don't see much difference between using variables and classes. I can define, say,

RE: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Rick Faircloth
feedback! Rick -Original Message- From: Steve 'Cutter' Blades [mailto:cold.fus...@cutterscrossing.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 7:58 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF? As a heavy Bootstrap user, I use LESS constantly. Once you really dig in, you find ou

Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Steve 'Cutter' Blades
o:cold.fus...@cutterscrossing.com] > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 8:19 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF? > > > You compile LESS down to css files, you don't serve it up to the browser. > > I like cfstatic for asset management. It ca

RE: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-10 Thread Rick Faircloth
th [mailto:r...@whitestonemedia.com] > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 2:39 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF? > > > Hi, all... > > Anyone using LESS with their CSS? > > I'm trying to get a handle on using LESS with my CSS, > but

Re: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-09 Thread Steve 'Cutter' Blades
nemedia.com] > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 2:39 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF? > > > Hi, all... > > Anyone using LESS with their CSS? > > I'm trying to get a handle on using LESS with my CSS, > but I'm not quite getting it to

RE: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-07 Thread Rick Faircloth
Subject: Best way to use LESS CSS with CF? Hi, all... Anyone using LESS with their CSS? I'm trying to get a handle on using LESS with my CSS, but I'm not quite getting it to work. I'm including the styles.less and the less.js files, but I'm missing something, because the va

Best way to use LESS CSS with CF?

2013-09-07 Thread Rick Faircloth
Hi, all... Anyone using LESS with their CSS? I'm trying to get a handle on using LESS with my CSS, but I'm not quite getting it to work. I'm including the styles.less and the less.js files, but I'm missing something, because the variables don't affect the output. Do I need some kind of compile