How to Use a CSS Preprocessor to Avoid UI Inconsistencies

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Inconsistencies in UI design can be quite bothersome to users. The problem can stem from CSS inconsistencies. By using a CSS Preprocessor like LESS, you can create mixins for components that generate needed styles.

This process will create UI components that have a much stronger tendency to stay consistent as an application is developed.

The video tutorial takes you through using LESS to change settings for elements such as buttons. You can add things such as color, shadows and active states.

Further the video shows you how inconsistencies in design start. (The answer is often a copy and paste error.) By using LESS, multiple elements can be changed using a block of styles.

What you will learn in this tutorial: How to use a CSS preprocessor, such as LESS. You will need web development and coding knowledge to follow this tutorial with ease.

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David East

David East is a Developer Programs Engineer for Google, working on Firebase in San Francisco. He's a die-hard JavaScript fan and a budding iOS developer. He also likes waffles. If you like to write code—or eat waffles.

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