--- title: SCSS vs. styled-components: Advantages and caveats description: This article compares the advantages and disadvantages of using SCSS and styled-components in a React application. It provides a tutorial on styling a React... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/scss-vs-styled-components-advantages-and-caveats-usvbrgfme twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SCSS vs. styled-components: Advantages and caveats | daily.dev og:description: This article compares the advantages and disadvantages of using SCSS and styled-components in a React application. It provides a tutorial on styling a React... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/scss-vs-styled-components-advantages-and-caveats-usvbrgfme og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/uSvbRgfME.png og:image:alt: SCSS vs. styled-components: Advantages and caveats og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # SCSS vs. styled-components: Advantages and caveats **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 9 min read · 35 upvotes · 8 comments ## Summary This article compares the advantages and disadvantages of using SCSS and styled-components in a React application. It provides a tutorial on styling a React component using SCSS and later demonstrates how the same component can be restyled using styled-components. The article highlights the simplicity, reusability, and customization benefits of styled-components, but also mentions issues such as dynamically generated class names and debugging challenges. It concludes by stating that the decision to switch from SCSS to styled-components depends on the specific needs and goals of the project, as well as personal preferences and expertise. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@diegoramiro25** · 3 upvotes > Great Post ! And how about TailwindCSS, did you test? **@catalin560** · 3 upvotes > I don't think this article should be taken seriously... my conclusion on CSS vs CSS-in-JS is that CSS-in-JS should be used only when creating complex animations or transitions since its done easier in JS (like for example setting sticky on an element when scrolling past a certain threshold), otherwise just stick to CSS/SCSS/LESS or whatever you like... also this article claims that BEM is hard to read in SCSS but BEM was always meant to be used with vanilla CSS, not to mention that there are countless methodologies out there that work way better with SCSS... **@emmanuel\_awolu** · 2 upvotes > Amazing post ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#styled-components](https://daily.dev/tags/styled-components) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/scss-vs-styled-components-advantages-and-caveats-usvbrgfme) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"SCSS vs. styled-components: Advantages and caveats","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/scss-vs-styled-components-advantages-and-caveats-usvbrgfme","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/scss-vs-styled-components-advantages-and-caveats-usvbrgfme"},"datePublished":"2023-11-20T08:29:50.031Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z","description":"This article compares the advantages and disadvantages of using SCSS and styled-components in a React application. 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And how about TailwindCSS, did you test?","datePublished":"2023-11-20T12:45:00.104Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/uSvbRgfME#c-Ls41jz9kh","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Diego Ramiro","url":"https://daily.dev/diegoramiro25","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ZxIbBzPC--/f_auto/v1708435688/avatars/avatar_ttNl79vru76ait2xletkt"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I don’t think this article should be taken seriously… my conclusion on CSS vs CSS-in-JS is that CSS-in-JS should be used only when creating complex animations or transitions since its done easier in JS (like for example setting sticky on an element when scrolling past a certain threshold), otherwise just stick to CSS/SCSS/LESS or whatever you like… also this article claims that BEM is hard to read in SCSS but BEM was always meant to be used with vanilla CSS, not to mention that there are countless methodologies out there that work way better with SCSS…","datePublished":"2023-11-22T11:09:16.706Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/uSvbRgfME#c-REkkf7lVK","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Anonymous","url":"https://daily.dev/catalin560","image":"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/22744333?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Amazing post","datePublished":"2023-11-25T10:28:17.548Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/uSvbRgfME#c-pbs0Adwf2","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Emmanuel A.O","url":"https://daily.dev/emmanuel_awolu","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Q6x_mAmk--/f_auto,q_auto/v1699293431/avatars/avatar_5JNPxNTQuK43iHQSXzgNQ"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}}]} ```