This is a comparison of Less and Sass (as written in the SCSS syntax), designed to showcase the similarities and differences of the languages, so that it's easier to choose between them based on actual language features, rather than on some team lead's preference, or on some perception that everyone's using one or the other.
If you're here to compare, the main files you'll wanna look at are main.less and main.scss, as well as main.less.css (output style: "Regular") and main.scss.css (output style: "Expanded"), 'cause I feel like those are the most comparable and easy-to-read.
The output-styles/ directory contains the same styles, output in each available output style in each language. If output style is a deciding factor for you and your team, that's where you can compare the available options.
Open a pull request and I'll review it. I reserve the right to change any phrasing I feel is too opinionated. Likewise, I welcome discussions of phrasing I have chosen, as my aim is impartiality and helpful information.
This project is built with CodeKit, 'cause CodeKit is dope. I don't mind any other task managers, but none is as easy as CodeKit.
If you do choose to contribute—whether by opening a pull request or an issue—keep the following in mind:
This repo is not meant to draw any conclusions on its own, but to showcase the strengths and weaknesses of each language's feature set, relative to the other's. Having said that, I'm not gonna pretend that I'm not biased. Everyone's biased. But be civil.
For simplicity, the scope of this project is just the latest releases of each primary compiler. In practice, that's limited to what is available in the latest version of CodeKit, but that's fine with me.