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by allover 3336 days ago
Could I suggest adding 'use bootstrap properly' to this list (and perhaps link to [1] and/or the LESS/Sass source). Bootstrap is modular. There's no need for a 'light' alternative, and in many cases I believe using Bootstrap 3 from Sass/LESS source is still the better option compared to the majority of these mini CSS frameworks. More comprehensive, better browser compat, likely 1000s more hours of dev braincycles (just go take a look at all the Github issues for Bootstrap to see all the work that has gone into it).

(Edited to be nicer/more-helpful).

[1] http://getbootstrap.com/customize/

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This is what saved bootstrap as our goto framework in our shop. Every new project starts with most modules commented out and some early attention to setting the global variables and using the mixing. This keeps things small while new modules are a simple uncomment away.

Edit: examples

https://github.com/greenriver/boston-cas/blob/master/app/ass...

https://github.com/greenriver/boston-cas/blob/master/app/ass...

Yep, exactly what I do, +1 for using bootstrap's variables as much as possible too, I don't think a lot of people realise how powerful bootstrap's variables are, and can greatly cut down the amount of CSS you write.
That's actually a very good idea, I'll add it right now, thanks.
That is an awesome update! :)
Thank you :)