Comments on: Front-End Framework or Rolling Your Own https://www.inspirationalpixels.com/front-end-framework-or-rolling-your-own/ Web design tutorials, snippets and freebies Sat, 19 May 2018 11:18:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Seb Kay https://www.inspirationalpixels.com/front-end-framework-or-rolling-your-own/#comment-581 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:32:03 +0000 http://staging.inspirationalpixels.com/?p=794#comment-581 In reply to Jonathan Clift.

I couldn’t agree more! I see frameworks being misused as well even when the job is a simple landing page and using one creates more bloat than is necessary on smaller projects.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on my post, I appreciate it!

]]> By: Jonathan Clift https://www.inspirationalpixels.com/front-end-framework-or-rolling-your-own/#comment-580 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:26:21 +0000 http://staging.inspirationalpixels.com/?p=794#comment-580 The argument between using a framework and creating your own is an interesting one. As you mentioned there are a number of reasons where a well established framework such as Bootstrap can be incredibly powerful. However, I think my biggest problem with the rise of these frameworks is how often they are misused. People use them when they aren’t necessarily the best option because they are getting lazy. In the past we used to have to spend time to understand new techniques, such as responsive design, but today, a lot of developers we can just throw in Bootstrap without having to learn the key principles and what is actually happening in the code.

The other problem is that by using frameworks, we are starting to let the framework dictate how the site will look and function. This means website content is crammed in to fit the structure of bootstrap (when the site should be designed around the content) and lots of sites end up looking exactly the same.

I could probably go on and on about this and the thing is I’m not against frameworks at all, I’ve used bootstrap and foundation many many times. I guess as you mentioned above, there is a time and a place for frameworks, you need to evaluate your requirements and make the appropriate choice.

The quote you included by James Ford is a great one…..people need to keep learning rather than just running with what they are given just because it makes things easier. I think we’re all guilty of this, with so much good stuff available now, it’s easy to become complacent.

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