CSS framework
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A CSS framework, also known as a web design framework is a pre-prepared library that is meant to allow for easier, more standards-compliant styling of a webpage using the Cascading Style Sheets language. Just like programming and scripting language libraries, CSS frameworks (usually packaged as external .css sheets inserted into the header) package a number of ready-made options for designing and outlaying a webpage.
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[edit] Advantages
- Tableless web design.
- Faster development.
- Cross-browser compatibility.
- Facilitate code generators and visual editors.
[edit] Criticism
- Lack of flexibility outside the limitations of the framework
- Bloated source code
- Additional HTTP requests for multiple files
- Lack of substantial additional features beyond what is already available with CSS
[edit] See also
[edit] CSS Frameworks
- Blueprint (CSS framework)
- YUI Grids (CSS framework)
- YAML (CSS framework)
- Elastic (CSS framework)
- 960 Grid System
- Emastic
- snowdust (CSS framework)
- CSScaffold (CSS framework for PHP)
- compass (CSS framework based on Sass)
- Baseline (HTML5 ready CSS framework)
- The Golden Grid (CSS framework)
- floatz (CSS framework)
- ez-css (lightweight CSS framework)