The Top 5 HTML Frameworks
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What is a Framework?
A framework is a standardized set of concepts, practices and criteria for dealing with a common type of problem, which can be used as a reference to help us approach and resolve new problems of a similar nature.
In the world of web design, to give a more straightforward definition, a framework is defined as a package made up of a structure of files and folders of standardized code (HTML, CSS, JS documents etc.) which can be used to support the development of websites, as a basis to start building a site.
Most websites share a very similar (not to say identical) structure. The aim of frameworks is to provide a common structure so that developers don’t have to redo it from scratch and can reuse the code provided. In this way, frameworks allow us to cut out much of the work and save a lot of time.
To summarize: there’s no need to reinvent the wheel.
1. Twitter Bootstrap:
Bootstrap is a popular, modern front-end/UI development framework.
It’s feature-packed and will have most of the things you’ll need for
developing responsive sites and apps.
Bootstrap has a 12-grid responsive layout, 13 custom jQuery plugins for common UIs like carousels and modal windows, a Bootstrap customizer, and more.
Bootstrap is well-documented, and this open source project has plenty of coverage in blogs and tutorial sites.
Bootstrap Tutorials
- Getting Started with Bootstrap (twitter.github.io)
- Twitter Bootstrap 101: Introduction (webdesign.tutsplus.com)
2. Foundation:
Foundation is another popular responsive front-end framework. With
this modern HTML5 framework, you can approach web design either mobile
first, or from big displays down to mobile sizes.
It has rapid-prototyping capabilities, a responsive grid system and much more.
Foundation is by ZURB, a company of product designers focused on providing web-based solutions.
Foundation Tutorials
- Foundation Docs: Getting Started (zurb.com)
- A Beginner’s Guide to Zurb Foundation (designshack.net)
- Dive into Responsive Prototyping with Foundation (alistapart.com)
- Rapid Prototyping For Any Device With Foundation (smashingmagazine.com)
- Quickly build a prototype to test on any device (netmagazine.com)
Skeleton is a simple and clean responsive CSS boilerplate for HTML5
websites and apps. It’s got just the things you need, and nothing more.
Some notable features: a responsive layout grid, standard media
queries for your device-specific CSS style properties, a CSS class for
responsive image elements that scale with the layout grid, a PSD
template for mocking up your web designs, and an HTML5 shiv for old web
browsers.
If you want to get started with responsive design quickly, you should look into this open source project.
Skeleton Tutorials
- Build a Responsive, Mobile-Friendly Web Page With Skeleton (designshack.net)
- Skeleton Boilerplate: PSD To HTML (1stwebdesigner.com)
- Intro to Skeleton CSS Boilerplate (youtube.com)
In 2010, HTML5 Boilerplate became one of the first, and subsequently,
most popular open source front-end web development tools for getting
HTML5 websites and web apps up and running in no time. It’s a
compilation web development solutions that enable our sites to support
modern web browsers.
Included in HTML5 Boilerplate is a mobile-friendly HTML template,
placeholder icons, CSS resets for normalizing/standardizing your
stylesheet property values, standard media queries for popular viewing
screens, an HTML5 shiv for non-modern web browsers, and more.
HTML5 Boilerplate Tutorials
- The Official Guide to HTML5 Boilerplate (net.tutsplus.com)
- HTML5 Boilerplate Walkthrough (youtube.com)
- HTML5 Quick Start with Boilerplate (teamtreehouse.com)
One of the newest kids on the block, HTML5 KickStart is a lean and
mean package of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files that promises to save UI
developers hours of work.
At about 300KB, HTML KickStart packs quite a punch: UI components
like stylish buttons and navigation bars, scalable icons (using Font
Awesome), a responsive grid layout, a touch-enabled slideshow component
and so on.
HTML KickStart Tutorials
- HTML KickStart Getting Started Guide (99lime.com)

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