More about CSS frameworks
In my past article I wrote about CSS framework. I used YUI grid, but I’m not totally satisfied with it, so I’m looking around to find a new CSS Grid to use.
Today I read this post on Noupe and I found something quite interesting:
- SenCSs that can give you a basic styling for forms, common classes and typographic standard across browsers, it’s very clear and basic and does not have grids;
- From the comment that I had read and by what I saw the 960 Grid System and Blueprint are very good and rich CSS grid framework.
- YALMseems good too, but you have to purchase the license if you want to use for commercial purpose.
SenCSs introduced a good idea: it builds a library of common element, but it is not a full grids system.
As I already said in a previous post, I think that CSS frameworks are very important because they allow a fast and easy start, but you have to chose the one is most suitable for your style of development. So, if you are not already use one, try to find some time to look for alternatives and play around a bit with them before you use them in a real project.
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Responses to More about CSS frameworks
I looked at a variety of css frameworks a while back and out of them all i really liked YAML. I even started using it to build a new template for my website. The builder is quite cool.
I can’t recall seeing the payable option for commercial use. I don’t see how they can charge for something that others give away free.
SenCSs looks like a promising framework and would be interesting to see how quickly it develops should it get more publicity and contributors.
Left by Si Philp on February 3, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Personally I like YUI, I even used it to explain the concept of CSS on my book about ASP.NET MVC. But I agree that the naming conventions for the class names if a bit strange to get used to
Left by Simone on February 3, 2009 at 8:34 pm
I find that CSS frameworks are worth using for dealing with rendering inconsistencies between browsers. If you use nothing else, you should have at least good reset and (IE) compatibility file to start every project.
CSS Frameworks are great for quickly prototyping a site. The initial learning curve is a one time investment. If you’re getting paid enough to care about cleaning up the code, you can then transfer the framework rules to your own custom style.
Left by Ryan on February 7, 2009 at 1:17 am
Also, forgot to mention that my favorite framework is Bluetrip @ http://bluetrip.org/ .
Its a custom framework originally started with the best parts of other frameworks.
Left by Ryan on February 7, 2009 at 1:20 am