gistfile1.rb

#
#   Rake is a ruby build tool similar to ant. See: 
#   http://rake.rubyforge.org/files/doc/rational_rdoc.html
#   
#   If you have Ruby installed, you have Rake.
#   
#   Run `rake -T` to see list of available tasks (this is the ant equivalent of `ant -p`).
#

begin
  require 'sass'
rescue LoadError
  puts "You need to install sass! See sass-lang.com for more information about sass."
end

namespace :sass do
  desc "Compile sass."
  task :compile do
    options = {
      :style  => :expanded,
      :cache  => false,
      :syntax => :scss,
      :load_paths => ['.','./scss']
    }    
    scss = File.read("scss/portal.scss")
    css  = Sass::Engine.new(scss, options).render
    File.open("css/portal.css", "w+") { |f| f.write(css) }
    puts "Compiled css/portal.css"
  end
end