Wish there was a way to import Sass files as easily as CSS files? Now there is!

Introducing eleventy-load, an Eleventy plugin which resolves dependencies and post-processes files for you. Loading Sass files is just one example: eleventy-load exposes 'loaders' which can process any file including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images and more. The concept of eleventy-load is very similar to webpack loaders, albeit with infinitely less JavaScript sent to the browser.

Visit the eleventy-load website for usage instructions, examples of eleventy-load, a list of loaders and how to write a loader yourself.

For more detailed instructions, see the eleventy-load website.

The following example sets up eleventy-load so that you can import Sass files just like you would import CSS files.

1. Install eleventy-load and any loaders you need.

npm install --save-dev eleventy-load eleventy-load-html eleventy-load-sass eleventy-load-css eleventy-load-file

2. Add eleventy-load as a plugin and set up rules to process your Sass file.

module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
  eleventyConfig.addPlugin(require("eleventy-load"), {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.html$/,
        loaders: [
          {
            loader: require("eleventy-load-html"),
          },
        ],
      },
      {
        test: /\.scss$/,
        loaders: [
          {
            loader: require("eleventy-load-sass"),
          },
          {
            loader: require("eleventy-load-css"),
          },
          {
            loader: require("eleventy-load-file"),
            options: {
              name: "[hash].css",
            },
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
  });
};

3. Now you can write your Sass in a file and link it in your HTML using a link element!

$massive: 5rem;

body {
  background-color: linen;

  h1 {
    font-size: $massive;
  }
}

<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.scss" />

It's as easy as that!

Loaders can process any file, from a text file to images. See a list of loaders on the eleventy-load website.

I'd love some help adding tests to eleventy-load and growing the ecosystem of loaders. If you'd like to contribute, get in touch with me!