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Discussion on: Choosing a CSS framework

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Chloe

Like many devs my first experience of a CSS framework was Bootstrap its the main one out there and it is used at work (although heavily customised) and it does make things easier when you're trying to create some base layouts. In my own personal projects I tend to avoid using Bootstrap as I didn't like all the classes added into HTML however more recently I have discovered and been learning to use tailwindcss.

As with JS frameworks there are a few CSS frameworks out there I've only used Bulma verry very briefly as part of doing a few tutorials so I have no real experience of it but it does look pretty good. I'm going to stick with Tailwind for now might give Bulma a go one day.

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Shristi Singh

Totally agreed Chloe, Bootstrap unless customized is totally mundane and feels too boxy to me. Tailwind is one of the top choices out there, I haven't yet put my hands on it but I'm pretty sure I will one day.
As for Bulma, it is kind of cute and I am trying to create few beautiful sites with it, I hope to share them real soon! Will appreciate feedback!

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Chloe

Yeah definitely like you say you can usually tell when a site uses Bootstrap they all do seem to have a certain look. I initially didn't like all the classes in HTML (I've gotten over that :)) but with my current projects I'm using Gridsome being able to use tailwind avoid the need to write my own CSS (although I enjoy it and tend to write it a certain way if doing it from scratch (alphabetically) sometimes naming elements is so hard!) plus it's a chance to learn sometime new which is never a bad thing. I'll look forward to seeing some Bulma projects.