dart-sass/README.md

A [Dart][dart] implementation of [Sass][sass]. **Sass makes CSS fun again**.

[dart]: https://www.dartlang.org
[sass]: http://sass-lang.com/

* [Using Dart Sass](#using-dart-sass)
  * [Standalone](#standalone)
  * [From npm](#from-npm)
  * [From Pub](#from-pub)
  * [From Source](#from-source)
* [Goals](#goals)
* [Behavioral Differences](#behavioral-differences)

## Using Dart Sass

There are a few different ways to install and run Dart Sass, depending on your
environment and your needs.

### Standalone

You can download the standalone Dart Sass archive for your operating
system—containing the Dart VM and the a snapshot of the Sass library—from
[the release page][releases]. Extract it, add the directory to your path, and
the `dart-sass` executable is ready to run!

[releases]: https://github.com/sass/dart-sass/releases/tag/1.0.0-alpha.1

### From npm

Dart Sass is available, compiled to JavaScript, [as an npm package][npm]. You
can install it globally using `npm install -g dart-sass`, or to your project
using `npm install dart-sass`. This provides a `dart-sass` executable as well as
a library:

[npm]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/dart-sass

```js
var sass = require('dart-sass');

var result = sass.render({file: scss_filename});
```

The `render()` function will eventually support the same API as
[node-sass's][render], but today it only supports the `file` option.

[render]: https://github.com/sass/node-sass#options

### From Pub

If you're a Dart user, you can install Dart Sass globally using `pub global
activate dart-sass`, which will provide a `dart-sass` executable. You can also
add it to your pubspec and use it as a library:

```dart
import 'package:sass/sass.dart' as sass;

void main(List<String> args) {
  print(sass.render(args.first));
}
```

See [the Dart API docs][api] for details.

[api]: https://www.dartdocs.org/documentation/sass/latest/sass/sass-library.html

### From Source

Assuming you've already checked out this repository:

1. [Install Dart](https://www.dartlang.org/install). If you download it
   manually, make sure the SDK's `bin` directory is on your `PATH`.

2. In this repository, run `pub get`. This will install Dart Sass's
   dependencies.

3. Run `dart bin/sass.dart path/to/file.scss`.

That's it!

## Goals

Dart Sass is intended to eventually replace Ruby Sass as the canonical
implementation of the Sass language. It has a number of advantages:

* It's fast. The Dart VM is highly optimized, and getting faster all the time
  (for the latest performance numbers, see [`perf.md`][perf]). It's much faster
  than Ruby, and not too far away from C.

* It's portable. The Dart VM has no external dependencies and can compile
  applications into standalone snapshot files, so a fully-functional Dart Sass
  could be distributed as only three files (the VM, the snapshot, and a wrapper
  script). Dart can also be compiled to JavaScript, which would make it easy to
  distribute Sass through npm or other JS package managers.

* It's friendlier to contributors. Dart is substantially easier to learn than
  Ruby, and many Sass users in Google in particular are already familiar with
  it. More contributors translates to faster, more consistent development.

[perf]: https://github.com/sass/dart-sass/blob/master/perf.md

## Behavioral Differences

There are a few intentional behavioral differences between Dart Sass and Ruby
Sass. These are generally places where Ruby Sass has an undesired behavior, and
it's substantially easier to implement the correct behavior than it would be to
implement compatible behavior. These should all have tracking bugs against Ruby
Sass to update the reference behavior.

1. `@extend` only accepts simple selectors, as does the second argument of
   `selector-extend()`. See [issue 1599][].

2. Subject selectors are not supported. See [issue 1126][].

3. Pseudo selector arguments are parsed as `<declaration-value>`s rather than
   having a more limited custom parsing. See [issue 2120][].

4. The numeric precision is set to 10. See [issue 1122][].

5. The indented syntax parser is more flexible: it doesn't require consistent
   indentation across the whole document. See [issue 2176][].

6. Colors do not support channel-by-channel arithmetic. See [issue 2144][].

7. Unitless numbers aren't `==` to unit numbers with the same value. In
   addition, map keys follow the same logic as `==`-equality. See
   [issue 1496][].

[issue 1599]: https://github.com/sass/sass/issues/1599
[issue 1126]: https://github.com/sass/sass/issues/1126
[issue 2120]: https://github.com/sass/sass/issues/2120
[issue 1122]: https://github.com/sass/sass/issues/1122
[issue 2176]: https://github.com/sass/sass/issues/2176
[issue 2144]: https://github.com/sass/sass/issues/2144
[issue 1496]: https://github.com/sass/sass/issues/1496

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