Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by rubiquity 4500 days ago
I've used Bootstrap and been forced to use it on existing projects already engulfed in it. It isn't pretty on a large project. I've sworn off using Bootstrap in any new project that isn't a prototype for a hack day. The only things I borrow from Boostrap these days are some of the JavaScript niceties like modal, tooltip, and scrollspy. And when I do that I'm very explicit in what code I pull in to use those.

Build the CSS for your next project using mixin libraries like Bourbon/Neat or Compass/Susy. You'll be glad you did.
2 comments
goblin89 4500 days ago
> I've sworn off using Bootstrap in any new project that isn't a prototype for a hack day.

I believe initially Bootstrap was intended for just this use case—make it easier to do a quick mock-up in markup. Once your design is relatively stable, you would naturally spend some time custom-fitting markup and stylesheets (enhancing source code readability, accounting for those who can't see, basic SEO optimization, etc.). This whole ‘front-end framework’ thing seems to me like a wrong direction to take.

link
woah 4500 days ago
Frontend is my bread and butter, and I used to be such an artiste that I shunned Bootstrap too.

But you know what's worse than Bootstrap? The hand-rolled framework that rises out of the muck on a large project. At least Bootstrap is always the same. It's a lingua franca, and a decent one at that.

link