{"id":6617,"date":"2017-11-20T12:50:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T12:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/?p=6617"},"modified":"2021-06-20T02:36:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T21:06:46","slug":"migrating-compass-node-sass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/migrating-compass-node-sass\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrating from Compass to Node-Sass"},"content":{"rendered":"

Compass is\u00a0long gone –\u00a0Jan 16, 2015, to be precise.<\/p>\n

We at\u00a0Instamojo\u00a0were using it since 2012 and were linking the compiled CSS directly in the HTML without using\u00a0webpack.<\/p>\n

We wanted to reduce the size of initial CSS for a faster experience and load the route specific CSS dynamically via web pack. For this, we have to switch over to node-sass.<\/p>\n

Removing Compass<\/h3>\n

Primarily compass was used for prefixing the CSS3 properties. Since those are no longer needed now, i compiled a list of compass mixins that would need to be replaced:<\/p>\n

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So all I needed was find and replace this in my project.<\/p>\n

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We used Compass for generating image sprites too, so we moved to\u00a0grunt-spritesmith<\/a>\u00a0for generating sprites.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Performance difference after Migration<\/h3>\n

We saw a magnificent difference after moving to node-sass.<\/p>\n

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Using Compass it took 75\u00a0seconds<\/strong><\/figcaption>
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Using node-sass it took just 9.2\u00a0seconds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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So it’s about\u00a0~88% faster<\/strong>\u00a0compilation using node-sass than compass locally.<\/p>\n

Then after pushing to\u00a0CircleCI<\/a>:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Using Compass it took 98.9\u00a0seconds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Using node-sass it took 10.4\u00a0seconds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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CSS compilation became\u00a0~89% faster<\/strong>\u00a0on CircleCI.<\/p>\n

Gotta admit! It was a fun little refactoring project. But it really feels great to take a step towards a more modern, JS\/Node based front-end than being dependent on deprecated Ruby based Compass.<\/p>\n

More updates next time.<\/p>\n

This post was written by Ayushya Jaiswal, Front-end JS Ninja @Instamojo. This post first appeared on Medium.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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