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What Is a CSS Preprocessor?

Last updated March 3, 2020
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Sass is in a class of tools called CSS preprocessors. CSS preprocessors have been around for a while now, but they've really started to gain in popularity in the last several years. In this lesson we'll find out what a CSS preprocessor is, what the benefits of using one are, and which ones are popular today.

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