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There are many tools that automate the compile step. I've used the "guard" Ruby gem, the built-in compass watcher, flat out built static sites in Rails which recompiles on demand, and played with JetBrains WebStorm which can even do some tricky live reloading stuff (cutting out both the compile and refresh browser steps). In the past I've also used emacs, which could be set up to have a key combination save and immediately compile.