i started using railway (a node.js mvc framework) and i want to use sass/less/stylus as a css render engin.
i couldn't find how to configure that in railway.
railway uses express.js so i guess i can install it via that.
i already installed stylus (and all the rest) via npm install stylus.
i also uses stylesheet_link_tag to link to my css files.
any advice will be appreciated.
use https://github.com/emberfeather/less.js-middleware. its give u what u need
after some research and thanks to my friend @sivan here, i found the answer.
the steps to integrate css rendering engin are (i'll demonstrate with stylus, but the rest are similar):
install stylus
npm install stylus
npmfile.js
require('stylus');
environment.js
var stylus = require('stylus');
app.configure(function(){
var cwd = process.cwd(); //your root directory
app.use(stylus.middleware({
src: __dirname + '/public', //your *.styl files here
compress: true
}));
app.use(express.static(cwd + '/public', {maxAge: 86400000}));
...
}
then create a file ending with .styl extension. for example: public/stylsheets/style1.styl
#div2
color blue //your css here
and simply link to this generated .css file from your html page
<%- stylesheet_link_tag('style1') %>
more about stylus middleware here.
hope it will save time to whoever will get into the same issue.