Intro to CSS Frameworks

An introductory overview of CSS frameworks as part of a class taught at StartupInstitute Boston.

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1. Intro to CSS Frameworks October 29, 2014
2. Hi! I’m Paul Demers @demersdesigns / demersdesigns.com
5. CSS Framework? A collection of reusable coding patterns that provide a basis for building websites and applications. They allow for a predictable structure and provide the user with building blocks to solve common design problems.
6. “Don't reinvent the wheel, just realign it.” –Anthony J. D'Angelo
8. What do you get? • Typography • Default styling across browsers • Grid structure • Responsive/mobile-first helpers • Basic to advanced repeatable layout components
9. Why you should use a framework… • Work out ideas quickly. Prototype and test • Developers are not designers (well some are…) • Reinventing the wheel stinks. • Super fantastic learning resource
10. Why you shouldn’t use a framework… • Kitchen Sink • Lack of Knowledge • Hard to Customize • Large Codebase • Not Semantic
11. • Developed in 2010 by Twitter employees • 20 Releases and 2 major rewrites • 70k+ Stars and 27k Forks
12. Let’s do this! Bootstrap Demos
 http://goo.gl/OzERNL Fort Point Eats
 http://goo.gl/bxpvHF
13. Fort Point Eats
14. Questions?