How to implement Compass, Sass to a node.js project?

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i have recently implemented the grunt task runner on my Node.js project and i'm using grunt-contrib-compass and grunt-contrib-watch in order to compile my sass and compass code through grunt whenever i make any changes.

My grunt file is like this:-

module.exports = function(grunt) {
    grunt.initConfig({
        pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
        compass: {
            dist: {
                options: {
                    sassDir: 'public/sass',
                    cssDir: 'public/css'
                }
            }
        },
        watch: {
            css: {
                files: '**/*.scss',
                tasks: ['compass']
            }
        }
    });
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-compass');
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-watch');
    grunt.registerTask('default',['watch']);
}

I'm using windows and whenever i run grunt it watches for my sass files but whenever i make a change to these files i get this error:-

Warning: Couldn't find the 'compass.bat' binary. Make sure it's installed and in you $PATH Use --force to continue

I have installed ruby and compass through the ruby command prompt and the compass version is 1.0.3 and my gem installer version is 2.4.6. I have also tried including c:\Ruby200\bin to my Environmental variables and yes grunt-contrib-compass is installed in my Node.js project. I have tried everything, if anyone else has any experience in this i would love to hear from you. Thanks a lot.

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If you try running compass alone on the command line what happens? If you type set PATH do you see the directory that contains compass.bat? – Andrew Lavers
No its okay, everything works set PATH returns the environmental variables and compass gives out help information. Turns out all i needed was to restart my computer. HEHE :D. Thanks anyways. – Jonathan Kumar

1 Answers

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votes

You just need to install Ruby and follow this steps:

  • npm install grunt-contrib-compass
  • Reinstall Ruby gem installer 1.9.3 with checked all checkbox
  • On ruby console - gem install sass
  • On ruby console - gem install compass