Wordless brings Haml, Sass, Compass, and Coffeescript to WordPress

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All the buzzwords, right? Wordless is a plugin and theme structure to help you integrate Haml, Sass, Compass, and Coffeescript into your WordPress web development workflow. Check out the Github for more info. (h/t David Bisset)

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