Parcel CSS: A new CSS parser, compiler, and minifier
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Re: Parcel CSS: A new CSS parser, compiler, and minifier
#2What does it mean to compile CSS? Pack multiple files into one? Resolve and inline variables? Convert nested rules into flat CSS? Something else?
I'm really not sure.
Re: Parcel CSS: A new CSS parser, compiler, and minifier
#3What does it mean to compile CSS? Pack multiple files into one? Resolve and inline variables? Convert nested rules into flat CSS? Something else? I'm really not sure.
> In addition to minification, Parcel CSS handles compiling CSS modules, tree shaking, automatically adding and removing vendor prefixes for your browser targets, and transpiling modern CSS features like nesting, logical properties, level 4 color syntax, and much more.
Re: Parcel CSS: A new CSS parser, compiler, and minifier
#4What does it mean to compile CSS? Pack multiple files into one? Resolve and inline variables? Convert nested rules into flat CSS? Something else? I'm really not sure.
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Re: Parcel CSS: A new CSS parser, compiler, and minifier
#5What does it mean to compile CSS? Pack multiple files into one? Resolve and inline variables? Convert nested rules into flat CSS? Something else? I'm really not sure.
Had you taken the time to open the link, the 2nd paragraph states their capabilities succinctly:
> Parcel CSS has significantly better performance than existing tools, while also improving minification quality. In addition to minification, Parcel CSS handles compiling CSS modules, tree shaking, automatically adding and removing vendor prefixes for your browser targets, and transpiling modern CSS features like nesting, logical properties, level 4 color syntax, and much more.
Re: Parcel CSS: A new CSS parser, compiler, and minifier
#6What does it mean to compile CSS? Pack multiple files into one? Resolve and inline variables? Convert nested rules into flat CSS? Something else? I'm really not sure.
It's in the first couple paragraphs
> Parcel CSS handles compiling CSS modules, tree shaking, automatically adding and removing vendor prefixes for your browser targets, and transpiling modern CSS features like nesting, logical properties, level 4 color syntax, and much more.
Re: Parcel CSS: A new CSS parser, compiler, and minifier
#7What does it mean to compile CSS? Pack multiple files into one? Resolve and inline variables? Convert nested rules into flat CSS? Something else? I'm really not sure.
Its GitHub repo calls it a "transformer" rather than a compiler.
Re: Parcel CSS: A new CSS parser, compiler, and minifier
#8That’s awesome, great job!
Re: Parcel CSS: A new CSS parser, compiler, and minifier
#9In the playground, why does ‘yellow’ get converted to ‘#ff0’ but ‘green’ remains ‘green’?
Re: Parcel CSS: A new CSS parser, compiler, and minifier
#10What does it mean to compile CSS? Pack multiple files into one? Resolve and inline variables? Convert nested rules into flat CSS? Something else? I'm really not sure.
Had you taken the time to open the link, the 2nd paragraph states their capabilities succinctly: > Parcel CSS has significantly better performance than existing tools, while also improving minification quality. In addition to minification, Parcel CSS handles compiling CSS modules, tree shaking, automatically adding and removing vendor prefixes for your browser targets, and transpiling modern CSS features like nesting…
I've obviously read that. Most of those features are what we used to call CSS pre-processors, but I'll happily call that compilation if that's a thing now.