Why are CSS frameworks so used?
I mean, why*??? ๐คฃ
I don't particularly love them, they give me the idea of forcing myself into useless schemes but I am open-minded ๐ฌ and therefore I would like to know which of you uses one of it and what are the actual benefits, obviously in addition to those we all know.
Here are some statistics on the use of CSS frameworks:
As many as 20% of all websites (ALL) use a framework. ๐ฎ 80% of these use bootstap.
Source: https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/css_framework
Okay, come on, it's your turn now.
let me change my mind. ๐
Why you usually use a CSS framework?
What advantage do you find in using a CSS framework?
And which one you prefer?
Latest comments (89)
It's fast and easy.
what do you mean with fast?
To save fucking time.
Because it makes it easy to scaffold a website fast and you don't need to be a master of CSS to do so.
I think they are so used because their first mission and especially Bootstrap is to help developers who are not front-end or confortable with CSS.
To help small teams that doesn't have product designer or lead front-end or a real design system.. and making decisions and implement those ideas take time...
Bootstrap was born to help back-end developers and integrators to create dashboards at first... then we know the success of BS.
Chakra, Mui, Tailwind, ... are modern successors and were created for a new goal : be there for modern frameworks : React, Angular, Vue.
My advice is : If you know CSS, you like CSS, you understand Design System, how to create them and or develop them and make components (DRY, simple, themable, ...). Don't use a framework but add a simple utilities library for other developers that work with you (grid, spacings, ...) and add a documentation :)
For me it's saves time, but there are most things that I can achieve with core CSS but not with frame work
Which one is best among the all ? spell to make someone divorce you
Easily design
ok so in this case I am perfectly aligned with you. it always depends on the project and the conditions in which you will have to work
Bootstrap is really great โค๐
what do you like in bootstrap?
Same as some rudiments in our body that leaved from fishes - many things in IT still lives because browser war actually ended but still in our mind.
LOL I love this answer ๐ this sum it all up