In Mendix, what is the benefit of leveraging a compilation tool when using Sass?

Leveraging a compilation tool when using Sass provides the essential benefit of converting Sass files into CSS automatically. Sass (Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets) is a preprocessor scripting language that extends CSS with features like nested rules, variables, and mixins. However, browsers do not understand Sass directly; they can only interpret standard CSS. Therefore, a compilation tool is required to process the Sass code, compile it, and generate the corresponding CSS that can be rendered by web browsers.

This automatic conversion not only saves time but also allows developers to take advantage of Sass's powerful features without worrying about manually writing and maintaining the resulting CSS. The ability to quickly compile Sass into CSS helps streamline the development workflow, enabling quicker iterations and updates to styles.