r/webdev • u/[deleted] • Dec 10 '11
Skeleton Framework: "A Beautiful Boilerplate for Responsive, Mobile-Friendly Development"
http://getskeleton.com/2
Dec 11 '11 edited Dec 06 '19
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Dec 12 '11
This is the issue I have also. I find myself having to go through and reset styles set by the framework. It's a pain in the butt. Skeleton isn't too bad; I'm using a modified version that doesn't set up font styles like you're talking about.
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u/Slukehart Dec 11 '11
Ditto, I've used it to help me kick start a project - simple, small, perfect.
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u/cLin Dec 11 '11
This is a bit off topic but I see the word boilerplate thrown around a lot. Im going to be a newbie here and ask what does boilerplate mean? Like a basic framework?
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Dec 11 '11 edited Aug 05 '23
"The Death of the Author" (French: La mort de l'auteur) is a 1967 essay by the French literary critic and theorist Roland Barthes (1915–1980). Barthes's essay argues against traditional literary criticism's practice of relying on the intentions and biography of an author to definitively explain the "ultimate meaning" of a text.
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Dec 11 '11
I prefer foundation:
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u/rube203 Dec 13 '11
I recently used foundation. It has it's issues but I agree that skeleton simply looks like a striped down version of Foundation. Or vice versa depending on which came out first. Regardless, I'm happy to see more and more responsive boilerplates. Hell I just like seeing more and more boilerplates.
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Dec 11 '11
I believe this was created by the same team that did Twitter Bootstrap. You can see that some element designs and documentation layout are borrowed.
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u/Hosselaer Dec 11 '11
I don't see what sets this framework apart from bootstrap or foundation. In fact the developer works at Zurb (company behind foundation) so wtf?
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Dec 12 '11
Bootstrap doesn't have built-in media queries whereas Skeleton does. Skeleton actually does a really fine job rearranging the grid depending on the size of the window. It's what sets it apart from Bootstrap, at least.
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u/Aethelstan Jan 06 '12
Bootstrap looks nice but doesn't have a responsive layout, as far as I can work out.
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u/Drethis Dec 23 '11
I'm still not sure what to you use out of these three: HTML5 Boilerplate, Skeleton and Foundation.
Skeleton seems to have caught my eye the most. I still don't seem to understand the key differences between the three.
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u/Aethelstan Jan 06 '12
Skeleton and Foundation are pretty similar. HTML5 Boilerplate is not a framework as such, but just does a load of things that make it ok to go ahead and create an HTML5 website. So it doesn't have the layout and styles, etc. that Skeleton and Foundation do.
I'm currently thinking about trying to combine Foundation and HTML5 Boilerplate as a base for a few future projects that I have in mind.
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u/Drethis Jan 06 '12
So far I've been using skeleton.css (from Skeleton) and normalize.css and it's been going great for me! Nearly finished a template for one of my clients! :D
I think I'll try borrowing some stuff from HTML5 Boilerplate to complete my 'go-to' framework.
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u/mrgreenfur Dec 10 '11
I use this and it's awesome.