Using SCSS/LESS instead of CSS

misterGF#19

build/webpack.base.conf.js

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ var useCssSourceMap = cssSourceMapDev || cssSourceMapProd
 
 module.exports = {
   entry: {
+    adminlte: './static/less/AdminLTE.less',
+    adminltetheme: './static/less/skins/skin-blue.less', // swap for any other skin
     app: './src/main.js'
   },
   output: {
@@ -77,6 +79,10 @@ module.exports = {
           limit: 10000,
           name: utils.assetsPath('fonts/[name].[hash:7].[ext]')
         }
+      },
+      {
+        test: /\.less$/,
+        loader: 'autoprefixer!less'
       }
     ]
   },

index.html

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.5.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ionicons/2.0.1/css/ionicons.min.css">
 
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/AdminLTE.min.css">
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/skin-blue.min.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/js/plugins/pace/pace.min.css">
 
     <!-- HTML5 Shim and Respond.js IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->

package.json

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "autoprefixer": "^6.4.0",
+    "autoprefixer-loader": "^3.2.0",
     "babel-core": "^6.0.0",
     "babel-eslint": "^7.0.0",
     "babel-loader": "^6.0.0",
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@
     "karma-sourcemap-loader": "^0.3.7",
     "karma-spec-reporter": "0.0.26",
     "karma-webpack": "^1.7.0",
+    "less": "^2.7.2",
+    "less-loader": "^4.0.3",
     "lolex": "^1.4.0",
     "mocha": "^3.1.0",
     "nightwatch": "^0.9.8",

static/bootstrap-less/mixins.less

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Mixins
+// --------------------------------------------------
+// Utilities
+@import "mixins/hide-text.less";
+@import "mixins/opacity.less";
+@import "mixins/image.less";
+@import "mixins/labels.less";
+@import "mixins/reset-filter.less";
+@import "mixins/resize.less";
+@import "mixins/responsive-visibility.less";
+@import "mixins/size.less";
+@import "mixins/tab-focus.less";
+@import "mixins/reset-text.less";
+@import "mixins/text-emphasis.less";
+@import "mixins/text-overflow.less";
+@import "mixins/vendor-prefixes.less";
+// Components
+@import "mixins/alerts.less";
+@import "mixins/buttons.less";
+@import "mixins/panels.less";
+@import "mixins/pagination.less";
+@import "mixins/list-group.less";
+@import "mixins/nav-divider.less";
+@import "mixins/forms.less";
+@import "mixins/progress-bar.less";
+@import "mixins/table-row.less";
+// Skins
+@import "mixins/background-variant.less";
+@import "mixins/border-radius.less";
+@import "mixins/gradients.less";
+// Layout
+@import "mixins/clearfix.less";
+@import "mixins/center-block.less";
+@import "mixins/nav-vertical-align.less";
+@import "mixins/grid-framework.less";
+@import "mixins/grid.less";

static/bootstrap-less/mixins/alerts.less

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Alerts
+
+.alert-variant(@background; @border; @text-color) {
+  background-color: @background;
+  border-color: @border;
+  color: @text-color;
+
+  hr {
+    border-top-color: darken(@border, 5%);
+  }
+  .alert-link {
+    color: darken(@text-color, 10%);
+  }
+}

static/bootstrap-less/mixins/background-variant.less

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Contextual backgrounds
+
+.bg-variant(@color) {
+  background-color: @color;
+  a&:hover,
+  a&:focus {
+    background-color: darken(@color, 10%);
+  }
+}

static/bootstrap-less/mixins/border-radius.less

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Single side border-radius
+
+.border-top-radius(@radius) {
+  border-top-right-radius: @radius;
+  border-top-left-radius: @radius;
+}
+
+.border-right-radius(@radius) {
+  border-bottom-right-radius: @radius;
+  border-top-right-radius: @radius;
+}
+
+.border-bottom-radius(@radius) {
+  border-bottom-right-radius: @radius;
+  border-bottom-left-radius: @radius;
+}
+
+.border-left-radius(@radius) {
+  border-bottom-left-radius: @radius;
+  border-top-left-radius: @radius;
+}

static/bootstrap-less/mixins/buttons.less

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// Button variants
+//
+// Easily pump out default styles, as well as :hover, :focus, :active,
+// and disabled options for all buttons
+
+.button-variant(@color; @background; @border) {
+  color: @color;
+  background-color: @background;
+  border-color: @border;
+
+  &:focus,
+  &.focus {
+    color: @color;
+    background-color: darken(@background, 10%);
+    border-color: darken(@border, 25%);
+  }
+  &:hover {
+    color: @color;
+    background-color: darken(@background, 10%);
+    border-color: darken(@border, 12%);
+  }
+  &:active,
+  &.active,
+  .open > .dropdown-toggle& {
+    color: @color;
+    background-color: darken(@background, 10%);
+    border-color: darken(@border, 12%);
+
+    &:hover,
+    &:focus,
+    &.focus {
+      color: @color;
+      background-color: darken(@background, 17%);
+      border-color: darken(@border, 25%);
+    }
+  }
+  &:active,
+  &.active,
+  .open > .dropdown-toggle& {
+    background-image: none;
+  }
+  &.disabled,
+  &[disabled],
+  fieldset[disabled] & {
+    &,
+    &:hover,
+    &:focus,
+    &.focus,
+    &:active,
+    &.active {
+      background-color: @background;
+      border-color: @border;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .badge {
+    color: @background;
+    background-color: @color;
+  }
+}
+
+// Button sizes
+.button-size(@padding-vertical; @padding-horizontal; @font-size; @line-height; @border-radius) {
+  padding: @padding-vertical @padding-horizontal;
+  font-size: @font-size;
+  line-height: @line-height;
+  border-radius: @border-radius;
+}

static/bootstrap-less/mixins/center-block.less

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Center-align a block level element
+
+.center-block() {
+  display: block;
+  margin-left: auto;
+  margin-right: auto;
+}

static/bootstrap-less/mixins/clearfix.less

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Clearfix
+//
+// For modern browsers
+// 1. The space content is one way to avoid an Opera bug when the
+//    contenteditable attribute is included anywhere else in the document.
+//    Otherwise it causes space to appear at the top and bottom of elements
+//    that are clearfixed.
+// 2. The use of `table` rather than `block` is only necessary if using
+//    `:before` to contain the top-margins of child elements.
+//
+// Source: http://nicolasgallagher.com/micro-clearfix-hack/
+
+.clearfix() {
+  &:before,
+  &:after {
+    content: " "; // 1
+    display: table; // 2
+  }
+  &:after {
+    clear: both;
+  }
+}

static/bootstrap-less/mixins/forms.less

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// Form validation states
+//
+// Used in forms.less to generate the form validation CSS for warnings, errors,
+// and successes.
+
+.form-control-validation(@text-color: #555; @border-color: #ccc; @background-color: #f5f5f5) {
+  // Color the label and help text
+  .help-block,
+  .control-label,
+  .radio,
+  .checkbox,
+  .radio-inline,
+  .checkbox-inline,
+  &.radio label,
+  &.checkbox label,
+  &.radio-inline label,
+  &.checkbox-inline label {
+    color: @text-color;
+  }
+  // Set the border and box shadow on specific inputs to match
+  .form-control {
+    border-color: @border-color;
+    .box-shadow(inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .075)); // Redeclare so transitions work
+    &:focus {
+      border-color: darken(@border-color, 10%);
+      @shadow: inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .075), 0 0 6px lighten(@border-color, 20%);
+      .box-shadow(@shadow);
+    }
+  }
+  // Set validation states also for addons
+  .input-group-addon {
+    color: @text-color;
+    border-color: @border-color;
+    background-color: @background-color;
+  }
+  // Optional feedback icon
+  .form-control-feedback {
+    color: @text-color;
+  }
+}
+
+// Form control focus state
+//
+// Generate a customized focus state and for any input with the specified color,
+// which defaults to the `@input-border-focus` variable.
+//
+// We highly encourage you to not customize the default value, but instead use
+// this to tweak colors on an as-needed basis. This aesthetic change is based on
+// WebKit's default styles, but applicable to a wider range of browsers. Its
+// usability and accessibility should be taken into account with any change.
+//
+// Example usage: change the default blue border and shadow to white for better
+// contrast against a dark gray background.
+.form-control-focus(@color: @input-border-focus) {
+  @color-rgba: rgba(red(@color), green(@color), blue(@color), .6);
+  &:focus {
+    border-color: @color;
+    outline: 0;
+    .box-shadow(~"inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.075), 0 0 8px @{color-rgba}");
+  }
+}
+
+// Form control sizing
+//
+// Relative text size, padding, and border-radii changes for form controls. For
+// horizontal sizing, wrap controls in the predefined grid classes. `<select>`
+// element gets special love because it's special, and that's a fact!
+.input-size(@input-height; @padding-vertical; @padding-horizontal; @font-size; @line-height; @border-radius) {
+  height: @input-height;
+  padding: @padding-vertical @padding-horizontal;
+  font-size: @font-size;
+  line-height: @line-height;
+  border-radius: @border-radius;
+
+  select& {
+    height: @input-height;
+    line-height: @input-height;
+  }
+
+  textarea&,
+  select[multiple] & {
+    height: auto;
+  }
+}

static/bootstrap-less/mixins/gradients.less

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Gradients
+
+#gradient {
+
+  // Horizontal gradient, from left to right
+  //
+  // Creates two color stops, start and end, by specifying a color and position for each color stop.
+  // Color stops are not available in IE9 and below.
+  .horizontal(@start-color: #555; @end-color: #333; @start-percent: 0%; @end-percent: 100%) {
+    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, @start-color @start-percent, @end-color @end-percent); // Safari 5.1-6, Chrome 10+
+    background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left, @start-color @start-percent, @end-color @end-percent); // Opera 12
+    background-image: linear-gradient(to right, @start-color @start-percent, @end-color @end-percent); // Standard, IE10, Firefox 16+, Opera 12.10+, Safari 7+, Chrome 26+
+    background-repeat: repeat-x;
+    filter: e(%("progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='%d', endColorstr='%d', GradientType=1)", argb(@start-color), argb(@end-color))); // IE9 and down
+  }
+
+  // Vertical gradient, from top to bottom
+  //
+  // Creates two color stops, start and end, by specifying a color and position for each color stop.
+  // Color stops are not available in IE9 and below.
+  .vertical(@start-color: #555; @end-color: #333; @start-percent: 0%; @end-percent: 100%) {
+    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, @start-color @start-percent, @end-color @end-percent); // Safari 5.1-6, Chrome 10+
+    background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, @start-color @start-percent, @end-color @end-percent); // Opera 12
+    background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, @start-color @start-percent, @end-color @end-percent); // Standard, IE10, Firefox 16+, Opera 12.10+, Safari 7+, Chrome 26+
+    background-repeat: repeat-x;
+    filter: e(%("progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='%d', endColorstr='%d', GradientType=0)", argb(@start-color), argb(@end-color))); // IE9 and down
+  }
+
+  .directional(@start-color: #555; @end-color: #333; @deg: 45deg) {
+    background-repeat: repeat-x;
+    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(@deg, @start-color, @end-color); // Safari 5.1-6, Chrome 10+
+    background-image: -o-linear-gradient(@deg, @start-color, @end-color); // Opera 12
+    background-image: linear-gradient(@deg, @start-color, @end-color); // Standard, IE10, Firefox 16+, Opera 12.10+, Safari 7+, Chrome 26+
+  }
+  .horizontal-three-colors(@start-color: #00b3ee; @mid-color: #7a43b6; @color-stop: 50%; @end-color: #c3325f) {
+    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, @start-color, @mid-color @color-stop, @end-color);
+    background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left, @start-color, @mid-color @color-stop, @end-color);
+    background-image: linear-gradient(to right, @start-color, @mid-color @color-stop, @end-color);
+    background-repeat: no-repeat;
+    filter: e(%("progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='%d', endColorstr='%d', GradientType=1)", argb(@start-color), argb(@end-color))); // IE9 and down, gets no color-stop at all for proper fallback
+  }
+  .vertical-three-colors(@start-color: #00b3ee; @mid-color: #7a43b6; @color-stop: 50%; @end-color: #c3325f) {
+    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(@start-color, @mid-color @color-stop, @end-color);
+    background-image: -o-linear-gradient(@start-color, @mid-color @color-stop, @end-color);
+    background-image: linear-gradient(@start-color, @mid-color @color-stop, @end-color);
+    background-repeat: no-repeat;
+    filter: e(%("progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='%d', endColorstr='%d', GradientType=0)", argb(@start-color), argb(@end-color))); // IE9 and down, gets no color-stop at all for proper fallback
+  }
+  .radial(@inner-color: #555; @outer-color: #333) {
+    background-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(circle, @inner-color, @outer-color);
+    background-image: radial-gradient(circle, @inner-color, @outer-color);
+    background-repeat: no-repeat;
+  }
+  .striped(@color: rgba(255,255,255,.15); @angle: 45deg) {
+    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(@angle, @color 25%, transparent 25%, transparent 50%, @color 50%, @color 75%, transparent 75%, transparent);
+    background-image: -o-linear-gradient(@angle, @color 25%, transparent 25%, transparent 50%, @color 50%, @color 75%, transparent 75%, transparent);
+    background-image: linear-gradient(@angle, @color 25%, transparent 25%, transparent 50%, @color 50%, @color 75%, transparent 75%, transparent);
+  }
+}