Basscss Responsive Nav — Responsive Navigation Plugin KNACSS The 5 Most Popular Frontend Frameworks of 2017 Compared — SitePoint This article was updated on May 17, 2017, to reflect the current status of the features present in the front-end frameworks listed below. Nowadays there is a deluge of CSS front-end frameworks. But the number of really good ones can be narrowed down to just a few. In this article we’ll compare what I think are the five best frameworks available today. Each framework has its own strengths and weaknesses, and specific areas of application, allowing you to choose based on the needs of a specific project. For example, if your project is simple, there is no need to use a complex framework. The frameworks that I’m going to explore are presented based on their GitHub popularity, beginning with the most popular, which is, of course, Bootstrap. (Note: Some of the information below will go out of date in the coming weeks and months – e.g. 1. Bootstrap is the undisputed leader among the available frameworks today. Notes on Bootstrap The main strength of Bootstrap is its huge popularity. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Color Oracle The Cost of Frameworks Update: Nov 16th 2015 - Added an extra row in the table for React under production conditions. The good news: it’s 3x slower than vanilla, yes, but in actual terms I’d say it’s fast for TodoMVC! The Polymer TodoMVC sample was also updated to version 1.2.2 today, and that, too, is faster. If you prefer watching to reading, here’s the video of the talk (you can also get the slides, too, if you like): If you prefer reading to watching, well, keep reading… The benefits of frameworks Earlier in the year I wrote about React’s performance characteristics as the tree size it has to manage gets larger (TL;DR the bigger the tree, the more computation work it has to do). Frameworks are fun to use. The key message I heard over and over, sometimes explicitly, and often implicitly, is that ergonomics are the most important factor for many developers. The key message I heard over and over, sometimes explicitly, and often implicitly, is that ergonomics are the most important factor for many developers.
The developer tools you need to know right now When it comes to web development, it is pretty easy to assume that JavaScript is top dog. But, obviously it's not that simple. Imagine turning up for an interview and saying 'I'm great at JavaScript'. We think they might want to know a little more than that. There's a few that spring immediately to mind, such as React and Angular. Skill Up 2017 Global tech publisher Packt recently released Skill Up 2017, its developer skills and salary report. The report is based on replies from over 4,700 respondents from across the globe. The big earners by role were big data engineers, security engineers and information architects Looking further into the report, what else did we learn? To put this into some kind of perspective, it wasn't web developers that topped the list. Docker, Angular and React More importantly, what tools were popular? Other notable tools included React, Jenkins, Sublime Text and PHP. But, as we have mentioned, it's not all about the money. Related articles:
The Ultimate SASS Resources & Tools The best collection of SASS resources & tools for web developers. This includes Frameworks, Compilers, SASS Mixins library and more.. CSS preprocessors are ben around for a while, but they started gaining popularity in last several years. SASS is a well known CSS preprocessor that adds functionality to CSS to extend the capabilities of CSS. See also : Ultimate CSS Resources (CSS Tools, Frameworks, Ebooks, Snippets..) Learing SASS is an added advantage if you are a front-end, developer. Frameworks Sculpt Sculpt is a free lightweight, mobile first, responsive HTML, CSS (and SASS) framework. Source Bootstrap Sass Bootstrap Sass is a Sass-powered version of Bootstrap, ready to drop right into your Sass powered applications. Source Skeleton Sass Skeleton Sass is a Responsive Sass Framework. Source Penguin Penguin is a lightweight and extensible front-end framework built with Sass to kickstart any web project. Source Flint Source Archetype Source Maze Maze is a Responsive Sass Framework. Source Hoisin.scss Mice
Lighthouse | Tools for Web Developers | Google Developers Lighthouse is an open-source, automated tool for improving the quality of web pages. You can run it against any web page, public or requiring authentication. It has audits for performance, accessibility, progressive web apps, SEO and more. You can run Lighthouse in Chrome DevTools, from the command line, or as a Node module. You give Lighthouse a URL to audit, it runs a series of audits against the page, and then it generates a report on how well the page did. From there, use the failing audits as indicators on how to improve the page. You can also use Lighthouse CI to prevent regressions on your sites. Run Lighthouse In Chrome DevTools bug_report File an issue Check out the video below from Google I/O 2019 to learn more about how to use and contribute to Lighthouse. Get started Choose the Lighthouse workflow that suits you best: In Chrome DevTools. Run Lighthouse in Chrome DevTools Lighthouse powers the Audits panel of Chrome DevTools. Install and run the Node command line tool Add ?
15 Interesting JavaScript and CSS Libraries for March 2017 Danny Markov Our mission at Tutorialzine is to keep you up to date with the latest and coolest trends in web development. That’s why every month we release a handpicked collection of some of the best resources that we’ve stumbled upon and deemed worthy of your attention. Propeller Propeller is a CSS components framework based on Bootstrap and Google’s Material Design language. BaguetteBox BaguetteBox is a pure JavaScript library for creating responsive lightbox galleries. We recently used this library in the making of our freebie pack of 4 Bootstrap Gallery Templates, and we can say we enjoyed working with BaguetteBox a lot. Whitestorm Framework for developing 3D web apps and games using the Three.js engine. Animatelo Animatelo is a port of the extremely popular Animate.css library that replaces the CSS transitions with Web Animations API clones. FuseBox FuseBox is a bundle loader for JavaScript and CSS with optional add-ons for TypeScript, Sass, and more. Yargs WebGradients Sticky-Kit ScrollDir