Using Compass on Windows with Visual Studio C# and ASP.NET

Question

Has anyone done any development of Compass for CSS/SASS in a standard C# ASP.NET environment?

Is there a single distribution I can just download that's ready to go for Windows or do I need install every piece of the equation and build compass myself?

Are there any plugins that make developing with Compass friendlier with VS2008 such as automagical handling of Compass/SASS in builds, syntax highlighting, and/or intellisense support?

If there aren't any VS IDE plugins what are the best options for a standalone text editor for handling coding in Compass?

Answer 1

To complete the last answers, you can install Web Workbench, a plugin for Visual Studio 2010 wich add syntax highlighting, intellisence and some other stuff for the SASS language (SCSS syntax only).

If you prefer using Compass and/or some other tools to compile your CSS, you should disable the built-in compiler. I listed some other SASS compilers here: Using SASS with ASP.NET.

To disable the built-in compiler: select the .scss file in Solution Explorer, go to the Properties window and delete the text from the Custom Tool box.

Since Web Workbench 3 you can now manage more easily what you want to compile with this plugin. See the Mindscape > Web Workbench Settings menu item.