Getting Started on a Sass project.
Good day, all!
TL;DR at the end
Background: I've been learning web dev on my own for awhile. I started with freeCodeCamp, moved on to The Odin Project, and recently, I started taking an OpenClassrooms course (paid for my by employer
). The way this program is structured, you don't go to classes. They tell you what you need to do for each project, but it's up to you to figure out how to do it. When finished, you do a presentation to prove you learned it then you move on. They do provide courses on the subjects, but I've found better results with Kevin's videos and other online resources.
Problem: I've reached a project that they would like me to use Sass on. I've watched lots of courses on it and read many articles, but I'm feeling a little overwhelmed. I'm comfortable with the actual code and I'm feeling confident about writing it. What is overwhelming to me is figuring out where to start when you are starting from scratch.
In other words, I have no variables, no mixins, no components, nothing. All of the options seem to be giving me a little paralysis.
I imagine that if I had a file of my frequently used items, I could slot it in and just start running.
Question:
When you are starting a new project, how do you begin? What would you do first? Do you start writing random variables and components? Do you start writing the main Sass and just add those to your partials as you need them?
*I realize the answers will vary drastically person to person
TLDR: I'm overwhelmed with all the options on starting a new Sass project from scratch. Where do you begin when you start a new project completely from nothing?
TL;DR at the end
Background: I've been learning web dev on my own for awhile. I started with freeCodeCamp, moved on to The Odin Project, and recently, I started taking an OpenClassrooms course (paid for my by employer
). The way this program is structured, you don't go to classes. They tell you what you need to do for each project, but it's up to you to figure out how to do it. When finished, you do a presentation to prove you learned it then you move on. They do provide courses on the subjects, but I've found better results with Kevin's videos and other online resources.Problem: I've reached a project that they would like me to use Sass on. I've watched lots of courses on it and read many articles, but I'm feeling a little overwhelmed. I'm comfortable with the actual code and I'm feeling confident about writing it. What is overwhelming to me is figuring out where to start when you are starting from scratch.
In other words, I have no variables, no mixins, no components, nothing. All of the options seem to be giving me a little paralysis.
I imagine that if I had a file of my frequently used items, I could slot it in and just start running.
Question:
When you are starting a new project, how do you begin? What would you do first? Do you start writing random variables and components? Do you start writing the main Sass and just add those to your partials as you need them?
*I realize the answers will vary drastically person to person
TLDR: I'm overwhelmed with all the options on starting a new Sass project from scratch. Where do you begin when you start a new project completely from nothing?
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