hey!
As a newbie, when I started in web development I went straight to Bootstrap.
Today I found this post where they say it is outdated.
Tell me, what should I wear? What is trend? Pure CSS? Some other framework?
Thanks, as always.
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Hi Pablo,
This looks like a great topic to cover. So, there are multiple ways to go.
For me, a great and groovy solution might be Bulma Framework (bulma.io). It looks different, it is light-weight and generally its elements look really cool.
FYI, there are other alternatives like Tailwind, Semantic, UIKit. If you've got time, please have a look at this article (codeinwp.com/blog/bootstrap-vs-fou...). It might help you clarify your options.
Bootstrap might be the go-to/default CSS Framework, having tons of support from its huge community, but in some people opinion, it is kinda boring.
Chakra UI!
I love this way of saying which CSS framework to use! 😄
Personally, I'm a big fan of Bulma. Tailwind seems overly fiddly — if you want that level of granular control, you almost might as well just write your own custom CSS (and having a ton of classes per element is almost like going back to writing inline CSS).
There is nothing like outdated, choose framework according to your need.
If you don't need great UI but need fast development and light weight website, choose Bootstrap.
If you need great UI and not affected with bulky Website choose Tailwind.
Similarly, compare every framework according to your project needs.
Try Semantic UI.
It is best for me.
Try Tailwind!
Hey Pablo! Today with the usage of Flexbox you can solve the most common problems that known frameworks used to had a workaround for them. Problems like equal height of boxes are now solved with flexbox so you can create your own framework for usage in any project. This is what we did internally and worked pretty well so far!
I think you should try a few approaches and see what suits you better and makes you more productive.
Some suggestions are bootstrap 5, tailwind, bulma or any other suggestions you can find dev.to/theme_selection/best-css-fr...
But in general I think plain old CSS and new CSS3 is so powerful nowadays (with flexbox, grid and pretty much good support across all modern browsers) that you are better of using vanilla css and perhaps a preprocessor (SCSS, postcss) instead of trying to learn how each framework does things.
Thus learning the basics of CSS is invaluable for your future growth as frameworks might come and go but CSS will probably not change completely, will just improve.
While you're figuring it out, definitely learn CSS Grid.
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