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    Book DescriptionIf you are a designer or developer who wants to quickly learn how to harness the power of Less.js to write more efficient CSS styles that can be applied to a website of any size, then this book is for you. This book will help you master both the basic functions and advanced features of Less.js. It would be helpful to have some familiarity of writing CSS styles, although no prior experience of using CSS preprocessors is required.What you will learn
    • Explore the different features of the Less library
    • Build an effective toolkit that helps in your development workflow, using different tools in Less
    • Streamline the effort required when constructing themes for content management systems, such as WordPress, using Less
    • Discover how you can use Less to make frameworks work for you in an effective way
    • Enhance the use of Less when working with color, one of the key elements of website design
    • Work with Less to reduce the effort required to construct responsive websites
    • Add flair to your website or online application with animation effects using Less
    Who this book is for



    Table of Contents:
    Table of Contents
    1. What is LESS?
    2. Building a Toolkit for LESS
    3. Getting Started with LESS
    4. Working with Variables, Functions and Mixins
    5. Inheritance, Overriding and Nesting in LESS
    6. Migrating your site to LESS
    7. Manipulating Fonts with LESS
    8. Media queries with LESS
    9. Working with LESS in a CMS
    10. Using Bootstrap with LESS
    11. Abstracting CSS frameworks with LESS
    12. Colour processing with LESS
    13. Animation with LESS
    14. Extending and Contributing to LESS
    15. Preface


    About the Author :
    Alex Libby has a background in IT support. He has been involved in supporting end users for almost 20 years in a variety of different environments; a recent change in role now sees Alex working as an MVT test developer for a global distributor based in the UK. Although Alex gets to play with different technologies in his day job, his first true love has always been with the open source movement, and in particular experimenting with CSS/CSS3, jQuery, and HTML5. To date, Alex has written 11 books on subjects such as jQuery, HTML5 Video, SASS, and CSS for Packt, and has reviewed several more. Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3 Essentials is Alex's twelfth book for Packt, and second completed as a collaboration project.


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    Product Details
    • ISBN-13: 9781782160670
    • Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
    • Publisher Imprint: Packt Publishing Limited
    • Edition: Digital original
    • No of Pages: 342
    • ISBN-10: 1782160671
    • Publisher Date: 07 Oct 2025
    • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
    • Language: English
    • Sub Title: Develop attractive CSS styles efficiently, using the Less CSS preprocessor


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