less is an extension for glim framework to compile less files during the web server start. It uses less npm module to compile less source from command line.

Installation

install less from npm

npm install -g less

Configuration

Add the following config to the extensions config;

# app/config/<env>.py
config = {
	'extensions' : {
  	'less': {
    	'source': os.path.join(paths.APP_PATH, 'assets/less/app.less'),
      'destination': os.path.join(paths.APP_PATH, 'assets/css/app.css'),
      'options': [
        'compress',
        'lint',
        'nojs',
        'units'
      ]
    }
  },
	# ...
}

The default configuration is the following;

DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
    'source': os.path.join(paths.APP_PATH, 'assets/less/main.less'),
    'destination': os.path.join(paths.APP_PATH, 'assets/css/main.css'),
    'options': [
        'lint',
        'units',
        'verbose'
    ]
}

Usage

put a main.less file and add some styles
add main.css import to your html sources
start the web server

<html>
    <head>
      <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/assets/css/main.css">
    </head>
</html>

Roadmap

Autocompile after file changes without web server start
Show less errors on werkzeug served page