CSS Framework

[davidvthecoder]

Because I am going to make my portfolio a responsive website, I am going to take a look at some popular css frameworks in order to assist with media queries (What makes responsive work)

Listed below are a couple of CSS Frameworks that are popular in creating Responsive Websites:

CSS Frameworks:

• Bootstrap. - I have used this at work and a little bit on personal side projects. It has a good grid layout and some nice features for assisting in building a responsive site. It does however add a little too much default styling which will have to be overridden later.
• Foundation. - I have not tried this CSS framework but it is another popular choice. It seems to have a similar grid system to Bootstrap along with some extra tools that might help. It doesn't seem to have as much default styling which is bad for rapid prototyping but good for a finished project.
• Skeleton. - Probably the most bare bones of all the popular css frameworks. It lacks in features, but the fact that it is style agonistic is very intriguing.
• LESS. - Too basic. Its very cookie cutter and I want something to assist me, not do it for me.
• Gumby. - Seems to be extremely feature rich, has a good grid layout and some nice utilities to help with responsiveness. Still fairly new and not as widely used.

Overall I have narrowed it down to either Foundation Or Gumby. Though I have used Bootstrap the most in the past, I always like to challenge myself and try new things. Both Foundation and Gumby both seem to address the issues I have with Boostrap and both still support all of the things I like ( SASS, Grid Layouts, Responsive helpers).

The reason I narrowed down these 2 options and didn't pick the others is because I want something that will assist me and not do the work for me. I want something that has a good set of features and both Foundation and Gumby met those requirements.

Further Research is needed to pick which framework (Gumby or Foundation) I am going to use.

Helpful articles:

• http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/use-bootstrap-or-foundation

[davidvthecoder]

After playing around with several CSS frameworks, I have decided on using Foundation. It has all of the things that helps with development without doing all the work for you. It has a strong community backing it and overall it seems to match the required needs of this application.