Splitting and Importing SCSS Files for Better Maintenance

When working on a large SCSS project, it is crucial to maintain clean and organized code to make it easily manageable and updateable. A common practice is to split the styles into separate SCSS files, each responsible for a specific section or component of the website.

Let's say you have a main `style.scss` file, and you also have individual SCSS files such as `_reset.scss` and `font.scss`. By utilizing the `@import` option, you can import these smaller SCSS files into the main `style.scss`, combining all the styles into one final output, `style.css`.

For example:

_reset.scss:

scss
body {
  line-height: 1;
}

ol, ul {
  list-style: none;
}

blockquote, q {
  quotes: none;
}

blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
q:before, q:after {
  content: '';
  content: none;
}

table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
  border-spacing: 0;
}

style.scss:

scss
@import 'reset'; // Note: We removed "../css/" from the import path since it's in the same directory.

body {
  font-size: 12px;
  background-color: #ffffff;
}

Output (style.css):

css
/* Contents of _reset.scss */
body {
  line-height: 1;
}

ol, ul {
  list-style: none;
}

blockquote, q {
  quotes: none;
}

blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
q:before, q:after {
  content: '';
  content: none;
}

table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
  border-spacing: 0;
}

/* Contents of style.scss */
body {
  font-size: 12px;
  background-color: #ffffff;
}

By using this approach, you can easily update individual styles without getting confused or making unnecessary changes in other parts of the codebase. However, one drawback of using `@import` is that when converting SCSS to CSS, each imported file will result in a separate HTTP request, potentially affecting page load times. To mitigate this, consider using a build tool like Webpack or parcel to bundle and optimize your CSS during deployment.