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Discussion on: Why doesn't CSS move faster (like JavaScript)?

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Could it also be the fault of frameworks + resources allocation in companies?

My experience here is that companies doing web apps have backend developers and designers but frontend devs are a rare breed. The ratio designers / backend devs is also not in favor of the designers.

Which means that those web apps start as prototype using a framework chosen by such backend devs who adapt the mockups / wireframes coming from the designers. So they pick up "Bootstrap CSS classes" or "Foundation CSS classes" or "Bulma CSS classes" plus maybe a bit of SCSS to structure the files.

Any reference to the author of this comment is purely fictional :P

So, in many cases, frameworks are enough and this doesn't really foster the development of the actual CSS.

It's in now way a justification on my part but I have no idea how to create a flex box website or a grid website from scratch but I can create a website using a framework like Bulma that uses flex box underneath.

So devs and companies contribute to the slow growth of CSS :D

ps. that's also why there are so many lookalike websites that an experienced frontend dev would never sanction let alone create :-)