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Less css file include in <head> section

Which files are needed to include in <head> section for less css. At less official site , i have just seen that they have told to include .less and .js file. But it is not working without .css file.

Solution

  • Referring to LESS documentation (http://lesscss.org/#client-side-usage):

    Link your .less stylesheets with the rel set to “stylesheet/less”:

    <link rel="stylesheet/less" type="text/css" href="styles.less" />

    Then download less.js from the top of the page, and include it in the <head> element of your page, like so:

    <script src="less.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

    Make sure you include your stylesheets before the script.

    This method will cause the less-file act as a regular css-file so no additional files are needed.

    This is not a good practice for production environments though. You should compile your less-file to css-file and include it in your <head>-section as is without any less- or js-files.