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jdz/cssmaker
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Build minified css file from less sources

1.0.1(9mo ago)00MITPHPPHP >=8.1

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CssMaker
========

[](#cssmaker)

A modern PHP library for building optimized CSS files from LESS sources with advanced preprocessing, autoprefixing, and minification capabilities.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- 🎨 **LESS Compilation**: Process LESS files with variables, mixins, and nesting
- 🚀 **PostCSS Integration**: Automatic vendor prefix addition and CSS optimization
- 🧹 **CSS Optimization**: Comment removal, whitespace cleaning, and minification
- 📁 **Modular Organization**: Structured approach with categorized file types
- 🔧 **Font Management**: Built-in font loading and @font-face generation
- ⚡ **Performance**: Efficient temporary file handling and process pipeline
- 🧪 **Fully Tested**: Comprehensive test suite with modular test architecture
- 🔄 **Fluent Interface**: Method chaining for clean, readable code

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require jdz/cssmaker
```

### Node.js Dependencies

[](#nodejs-dependencies)

CssMaker requires Node.js tools for CSS processing. Install them automatically:

```
composer npm:local
composer npm:global
```

Dependencies
------------

[](#dependencies)

jdz/fontmanager is required for font management and @font-face generation. jdz/data is required for data handling and processing. jdz/output is required for output handling and logging.

Quick Start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

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