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Top 5 CSS Framework 2020

We will discuss here the top trending CSS framework for the developing website front-view in fewer times. If you are looking for the best CSS framework with more additional cool features and reduce your time. So, you are in the right place.

Web development is going extensive day by day with new web technology and trends. We have lots of options to make a website using any web builder, any CMS like Wordpress, drupal, and blogger but, there is no solution for a developer. The developer wants Minimal and Informational components in a framework with an easy to use. So here we recommended to you an In-built responsive CSS framework with powerful features.

What is the CSS Framework?

A framework is a collection of different-different parts and collections of a library with components. Also, the help of HTML, CSS, and a little bit of javascript. Frameworks make your work easy and faster with an attractive user-interface. This framework support responsive-side and able to worry make a separate file to make responsive designs. The framework has its own package and custom package and using these features you can design an awesome website in less time.

CSS Framework has more standards to make a responsive website and attractive user-interface. Using this type of framework you can reduce your 60-70% time and you can make your website responsive and user-friendly. Maximum developers used the latest CSS Framework with large community supports.

Most developers use frameworks to make a big project(web apps).

There have multiple options to make the website like using core features of CSS, HTML, and javascript but this thing

We have a List of the most popular CSS frameworks:-

1.Bootstrap

Bootstrap is the world’s best CSS framework with a large community support framework. This framework is built in HTML, SASS, and javascript. You can use CDN with the basic start page and make the mobile-first website. Currently is bootstrap 4.1 is the latest version with a new component and more responsiveness with utility classes.

Bootstrap makes your website faster and minimal user-interface in less use of media queries. This framework is to support all modern browsers but not only support in Internet Explorer 9 and down versions. Bootstrap automatically manages some classes for mobile and tablet views.

The originally developed by twitter that’s why this framework becomes more popular and more powerful documents. There has the best advantage of uses bootstrap, This framework has great javascript components with custom file or CDN.
Features:-

CSS Flexbox
Best utility class
responsive
excellent Docuumection

2.Bulma

Bulma is a Modren CSS framework with a 100% responsive framework. This framework is also built-in HTML, CSS with SASS CSS prospector and CSS flexbox. Even this framework has lots of options to customize this framework in your requirements like using sass files and variable and web packs. To use this framework you need only one CSS file which has simply collections of classes.

This framework has some advanced features like making your website more attractive and less code’s. you can use utility’s functions to create dark and light color patterns. Also, you can use the mixin for custom elements and for the responsive sides. This is also open source frameworks like bootstrap and other CSS frameworks, which we discussed currently. Not only bootstrap has a grid class but also this framework has the same grid class is available in this framework but the naming convention is totally different.

Bulma is easy to learn and use from Bulma’s official documentation. Also, allow using SASS Modularity to import the required file which you want.

Features:-

CSS Flexbox
Light-weight Framework
minimal code and responsiveness
excellent Docuumection

3.Materialize CSS

This framework is designed and maintained by Google. The entire framework is base on material design with collections of UI-components. This is a similar framework like bootstrap and easy to learn with excellent documentation. This framework is popular for a web application to design attractive user-interface. This framework has a large number of community support and great positive feedback.

As we compare to bootstrap with this framework, Materialize has awsome looks and also have the minimal type of effects which user can easily attract. This framework is not only responsive but also fully well suited for a pc, Tablets and also for mobile. To use more functionally of this framework then you have required javascript library and jquery plugins. This is an in-built responsive framework with the concept of Material Design.

Following this framework allow you to customize this framework with a rich set of color collections with Standard CSS classes.

Features:-

Light-weight Framework
In-built responsiveness
excellent Docuumection
cross-browser compatibility

4.Foundation

Foundation is an advanced fronted CSS framework, that built-in HTML, CSS, SASS, and javascript. This framework has a sass compiler with a faster way to design a website. Also, this framework has own CLI to install foundation in your pc/Laptop using specific commands and also have watch command in this framework. Similar same file structure like bootstrap Bulma and materialize CSS. This is a mobile-first approach CSS framework with fully responsive with components.

Lack of forums available to support and also fix any which is related to this framework issues quickly. Mostly this framework is used for large web applications and to making an amazing website. This framework also provides a stater template for design awsome website user-interface. This framework supports all cross browsers but only one property is not supported in IE8 which is box-sizing: border-box, which means this framework is not supporting in older browsers and IE.

Foundation framework is hard to learn because this is an advanced front-end framework but don’t worry this framework have outstanding documentation with also have video tutorials on an official ZURB Foundation website.

Features:-

Responsive and cool javascript plugin
outstanding Docuumection
cross-browser compatibility
customizable and SASS CSS supports

5.Semantic UI

This another one best modern fronted CSS framework that is built-in HTML, CSS, Less, and Jquery with gulp.js. Also, this framework has an npm package like the same all fronted framework and must required Nodejs runtime environment software. This framework has a different type of folder structured and also has a special theme.config file to lean themes guideline which is provided in after installation.

Following this framework have classic components with great UI layer designed. In this framework have some Additional and advance versions to install semantic UI in your pc/laptops. This framework also have a live chat with big communities to get help and supports. Also, you can use a via CDN of this framework and easy to use.

This is easy to learn and excellent documentation with mindblowing components to make a human-friendly interface.

Features:-

Responsive components
excellent Docuumection
customizable and LESS CSS support
Easy setup

Conclusion:-
Above all frameworks are top and popular CSS frontend frameworks with full responsiveness. Also, partnered with all-new Javascripts frameworks like angular, React, Vuejs and Ember.js, etc. To make easier to understand we will share some readymade elements with you.

The Element for you:-
Bootstrap
Bulma
Materialize CSS
Foundation
Semantic UI

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gilian1993

Nice post! One thing tho: are you sure that Semantic UI is a good option here? I just checked their github page and their last commit was on Oct 21, 2018.

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ya I am sure about Semantic UI because this framework has lots of UI-components. even we also like one feature of this framework is the loader. This framework has own custom loader we really like this and yea their have lots of elements to use.

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Rob Levin

Yup, exactly my thoughts. I didn't like the length of code scripts either. But that's my opinion. The final results looked nice and the theming ideas were pretty groundbreaking at the time.

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samydoesit

I would also not recommend Semantic UI because there is no ongoing development.

I would recommend Fomantic UI (fomantic-ui.com/) it`s a fork of Semantic UI to continue the development.

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Fomantic UI is similar like a Semantic UI ya but, Fomantic ui have more components as a compare to Semantic. but again we have to say Semantic is more popular. so we suggest you Semantic UI.

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Rob Levin

But is it still even being maintained and contributed to?

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Rob Levin

Oh and now I see why Fomantic-UI was brought up. It's a fork 🤦 Honestly, I don't love semantic et al anyway -- very long winded code imo. I really liked the spirit of the naming conventions but gee the code was very long to my mind and that would result in large files. The theming idea he had was groundbreaking at the time.

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Kyle Griffin

Tailwind is picking up a lot of traction, but it's such a different way of doing CSS that it needs its own article tbh

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ya but tailwind CSS is a lightweight CSS framework and above all framework is advance and so many components with a large collection of utility class. but ya but don't worry about it we will write about it. :)

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Thanx @muhammad to asking the question. ya, 100coconuts is using the tweenmax JavaScript library. This is an advanced sequencing tool that has awsome effects of html5 and css3 animations.

if you want to use these animation effects and you want a make your website more attractive you can visit an official website and read the full documentation.

greensock.com/tweenmax/

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Easy Partner

Great Article !

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Thanx:)