Auto compile SCSS in netbeans plain java project

Question

I am working on a small pet-project which is primarily a java desktop application. It has a embedded web server (tomcat) to allow for remote control.

I have made the design decision to go all out with modern HTML technologies, netbeans has been able to provide all the relevant IDE features required EXCEPT SCSS auto-compile ( this works perfectly well on a HTML project) but this is a "Java Application" style project (as I want to embed all the static html/css/js content inside my jar deployable and then drive my desktop application via REST.

Answer 1

I guess you may be intressed in compiling your project with libsass . There are two implementations for Java . In this case it is easily integrated in the compilation step.

If you are not satisfied with it, you can integrate a frontend task runner into your working environment. Consider different options : Grunt, Gulp, etc.

I personally use Grunt for my daily routine. When speaking about Grunt, you will need to install two tasks: grunt-sass (it is different from grunt-contrib-sass ) and grunt-contrib-watch . The second task compiles your .scss or .sass files on file-change. In this case you can have your .jar file filled only with desired .css files built for you by a task runner.