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Yeah, less is essentially a &quot;precompiler&quot; so you write LESS code and when its compiled it turns into CSS. When this compiling happens is up to you. For example, you can compile when serving up a page in node, when your page is rendered in the browser, or before hand completely into a static file. &quot;running in&quot; less basically means the compiling step is automated within these environments.
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Yeah, less is essentially a "precompiler" so you write LESS code and when its compiled it turns into CSS. When this compiling happens is up to you. For example, you can compile when serving up a page in node, when your page is rendered in the browser, or before hand completely into a static file. "running in" less basically means the compiling step is automated within these environments.

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But the Node would just host the pre-processor. The deployment environment can be anything that supports CSS, right?
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But the Node would just host the pre-processor. The deployment environment can be anything that supports CSS, right?

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Correct, node would just run it when needed
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Correct, node would just run it when needed

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I love the sound of using automation to fix what can get sticky and ugly as an project grows.<br />
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Please give me a quick idea how it works, and what some benefits are of the leading CSS pre-compilers.<br />
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Thanks
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I love the sound of using automation to fix what can get sticky and ugly as an project grows.

Please give me a quick idea how it works, and what some benefits are of the leading CSS pre-compilers.

Thanks

Need an overview of CSS pre-compilation

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