I recognize that this issue has been brought up a thousand times, and I feel like I have read most other posts on it but I still can't seem to figure this one out.
I'm just starting with Ruby on Rails and am trying to use Compass/Sass/Suzy in my project. They all work (mostly) but am having some issues with the compass compiler.
First off using bundle exec compass watch (with and without --poll) does nothing. (this is assuming I understand the point of this command which is that it re compiles on the fly and I don't have to refresh the page to see my changes but I could be wrong)
Secondly when I do refresh the page after a change to my .scss file it takes 30-35 seconds for the compile to finish and reload the page. This is unbearable. I've read that there are some issues with the latest 'compass-rails' but most of the posts that said this were a few years old. Does the latest compass-rails work flawlessly or is there a common issue that causes this?
Since I am just learning I only have a one controller/view/scss file so I'm pretty positive I don't have any dependency loop issues.
Here is how I have the project currently set up. (I think it is setup properly but maybe someone can point out something I've done wrong.)
- I created a new rails project and generated a 'welcome' controller
- Modified my application.rb
application.rb
require_relative 'boot'
require 'rails/all'
require 'susy'
require 'compass'
require 'breakpoint'
require 'normalize-scss'
# Require the gems listed in Gemfile, including any gems
# you've limited to :test, :development, or :production.
Bundler.require(*Rails.groups)
module PersonalWeb
class Application < Rails::Application
# Settings in config/environments/* take precedence over those specified here.
# Application configuration should go into files in config/initializers
# -- all .rb files in that directory are automatically loaded.
end
end
- Modified my Gemfile
Gemfile
source 'https://rubygems.org'
# Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
gem 'rails', '~> 5.0.0', '>= 5.0.0.1'
# Use mysql as the database for Active Record
gem 'mysql2', '>= 0.3.18', '< 0.5'
# Use Puma as the app server
gem 'puma', '~> 3.0'
# Use SCSS for stylesheets
gem 'sass-rails', '~> 5.0'
# Use Uglifier as compressor for JavaScript assets
gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.3.0'
# Use CoffeeScript for .coffee assets and views
gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.2'
# See https://github.com/rails/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
# gem 'therubyracer', platforms: :ruby
# Use jquery as the JavaScript library
gem 'jquery-rails'
# Turbolinks makes navigating your web application faster. Read more: https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks
gem 'turbolinks', '~> 5'
# Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder
gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.5'
# Use Redis adapter to run Action Cable in production
# gem 'redis', '~> 3.0'
# Use ActiveModel has_secure_password
# gem 'bcrypt', '~> 3.1.7'
gem 'susy'
gem 'compass-rails'
gem 'breakpoint'
gem 'normalize-scss'
# Use Capistrano for deployment
# gem 'capistrano-rails', group: :development
group :development, :test do
# Call 'byebug' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console
gem 'byebug', platform: :mri
end
group :development do
# Access an IRB console on exception pages or by using <%= console %> anywhere in the code.
gem 'web-console'
end
# Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem
gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: [:mingw, :mswin, :x64_mingw, :jruby]
- Run the command
bundle - Renamed application.css to application.css.scss
application.css.scss
@import "compass";
@import "breakpoint";
@import "welcome.scss";
- Added some HTML and sass to my welcome.erb and welcome.scss respectively.
As a further note I had that issue where on each compile compass threw a deprecated warning. I followed the advice here which seemed to stop it. Doubt it is involved but to prevent my ignorance getting in the way of a solution I figured I'd mention it.
EDIT
I figured I'd throw in my welcome.scss just in case there is something stupid in there I've done.
welcome.scss
@import "normalize";
@import "partials/variables";
@import "partials/layout";
@import "partials/mixins";
@import "grids";
header {
height: 100px;
background: $blue;
color: $white;
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding: 10px;
}
.wrapper {
background: $white;
margin: 0 auto;
max-width: 900px;
}
nav {
text-align: center;
ul, li {
padding: 0;
}
li {
background: $gray;
}
a {
text-decoration: none;
color: $white;
&:hover {
color: $yellow;
}
}
}
.first-row {
height: 100px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding: 10px;
}
.first-row .first {
background: $yellow;
height: 100%;
}
.first-row .second {
height: 100%;
}
.first-row .second div {
background: $orange;
height: 100%;
}
.pic-gallery {
div {
background: $violet;
height: 100%;
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding: 10px;
}
}
.content-bar {
div {
background: $green;
height: 100%;
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding: 10px;
}
}
footer {
height: 100px;
background: $blue;
color: $white;
margin-top: 10px;
padding: 10px;
clear: both;
}
header {
@include full;
.logo {
@include span(wide 1.75);
@include border-radius(0px);
}
h1 {
@include span(last 2);
@include breakpoint((max-width 50em)){
@include span(last 2);
}
}
}
.wrapper {
@include container;
}
Edit 2 Thought I should mention I am on Windows 10.
