Technical requirements

Before diving into the world of preprocessors and tooling, you must set up your development environment with the necessary technical requirements.

First, you should install Visual Studio Code (VS Code) or any other integrated development environment (IDE) of your choice. Additionally, ensure you have Node.js installed on your machine as it serves as the backbone for running various tools and packages you’ll encounter.

Node.js is crucial for managing dependencies and executing JavaScript-based build tools. Other software, such as specific packages and tools such as Less and Gulp, will be installed during the practice sessions outlined in this chapter.

This setup will prepare you to explore and utilize the powerful capabilities of preprocessors and modern web development tooling.

The code files for this chapter can be found at https://packt.link/hrpje.