Sass or SCSS @mixin vs @extends vs Placeholder (%)

In the previous article we got to know in depth understanding of Sass/SCSS and how to use it.

If you are still new to Sass/SCSS then I recommend to check out my in depth article Sass or SCSS In-Depth Tutorial

In this article, I will be covering the difference between @mixin, @extends, and Placeholder.

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@mixin

When you use the @mixin in the code it will replicate the code in all the using blocks

Example - 

@mixin wrapper{
  margin:0px auto;
  padding: 0px;
}

.w1{
  @include wrapper;
}

.w2{
  @include wrapper;
}

will be compiled to the following

.w1 {
  margin: 0px auto;
  padding: 0px;
}

.w2 {
  margin: 0px auto;
  padding: 0px;
}

The styles in the .w1 and .w2 styles is redundant

To overcome this problem we will use the @extend

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@extend

Example

wrapper{
  margin:0px auto;
  padding: 0px;
}

.w1{
  @extend wrapper;
}

.w2{
  @extend wrapper;
}

will be compiled to the following

wrapper, .w1, .w2 {
  margin: 0px auto;
  padding: 0px;
}

Here the styles are not redundant, @extend is intelligent enough and adds wrapper,.w1,.w2

But there is one problem with this, if I don't use wrapper in my project then we are simply adding the redundant code in our style.

So to overcome this we will use Placeholder (%)

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Placeholder (%)

Example -

%wrapper{
  margin:0px auto;
  padding: 0px;
}
.w1{
  @extend %wrapper;
}
.w2{
  @extend %wrapper;
}

will be compiled to the following

.w1, .w2 {
  margin: 0px auto;
  padding: 0px;
}

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