scribu

Andrey "Rarst" Savchenko

This plugin is a a usage example for <a href="https://github.com/scribu/wp-scb-framework" rel="nofollow ugc">scbFramework</a>.
scbFramework is a toolkit that helps developers write plugins faster. It consists of several classes which handle common tasks, such as generating settings pages, creating database tables etc.
See the <a href="http://github.com/scribu/wp-scb-framework/wiki" rel="nofollow ugc">documentation</a> for more details.
To take a quick look at the code, see the github page: https://github.com/scribu/wp-scb-framework-example
Links: <a href="http://github.com/scribu/wp-scb-framework/wiki" rel="nofollow ugc">Wiki</a> | <a href="http://scribu.net/wordpress/scb-framework" rel="nofollow ugc">Framework News</a> | <a href="http://scribu.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Author’s Site</a>

scbFramework

A set of useful classes for faster plugin development.

thom4

fabrizim

<a href="http://lesscss.org" rel="nofollow ugc">LESS</a> is a templating language based on top of CSS. It provides numerous enhancements to speed up development and make its maintenance easier.
Theme developers can even bundle the plugin without worrying about conflicts: just include the special <code>bootstrap-for-theme.php</code> and read its instructions.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Variables</li>
<li>Mixins (inheritance of rules)</li>
<li>Nested Rules (write less, do more)</li>
<li>Accessors (inherit a value from a specific rule)</li>
<li>Functions (logic operations for dynamic results)</li>
</ul>
The plugin lets you concentrate on what you need: coding CSS. Everything else is handled automatically, from cache management to user delivery. 
Seriously.
<h4>Documentation</h4>
Advanced topics on how to use the plugin API are <a href="https://github.com/oncletom/wp-less/tree/master/doc" rel="nofollow ugc">available on the Github project documentation</a>.
<h4>Requirements</h4>
The sole requirement is to use WordPress API and LESS convention: the <code>.less</code> extension.
Minimal Requirements: PHP 5.3 and WordPress 3.2. 
Relies on: <a href="http://lessphp.gpeasy.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Less.php</a>, <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/plugin-toolkit/" rel="ugc">plugin-toolkit</a>.
Notice: in case you’d like to drop the usage of this plugin, it’s safe to do it. You will just need to convert back your stylesheets to CSS.

WP-LESS

Implementation of LESS (Leaner CSS) in order to make themes development easier.

scbFramework vs WP-LESS