Sass

What is it?

Sass (Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets) is a CSS preprocessor that adds programming-like features on top of standard CSS. It compiles into regular CSS that browsers can understand.

What does it do?

Sass enables variables, nested rules, mixins, functions, and modular imports. These features reduce repetition, improve readability, and make large-scale styling systems easier to manage and evolve.

Where is it used?

Sass is widely used in enterprise web applications, design systems, component libraries, and large frontend codebases where consistent styling and maintainability are critical.

When & why it emerged

Sass was introduced in 2006 to address limitations of plain CSS as web applications grew in complexity. It emerged as a way to bring structure, reuse, and logic to stylesheet development.

Why we use it at Internative

We use Sass in projects that require structured, long-lived styling architectures. Its modular approach helps us maintain large CSS codebases and implement scalable design systems efficiently.