#frameworks (90 links)
I’m asking publicly, and hoping these folks will show up here to give me their answers: What is it about CSS frameworks that bothers you?
- QuarkRuby: Why I moved from Prototype to jQuery quarkruby.com
For me, jQuery's philosophy (type less, do more, keeping things intuitive and unobstrusive) makes a big difference. But, I miss prototype core javascript additions.
Choosing the right framework can be tricky, and weeding through a mess of opinionated fanboys (myself included) is intimidating.
- CSS Frameworks + CSS Reset: Design From Scratch | CSS smashingmagazine.com
A look at the idea behind CSS Frameworks, their advantages and disadvantages.
- ProtoScript - Main Page (Wiki) docs.protoscript.com
A simplified scripting language for creating Ajax style prototypes for the Web.
- jQuery UI: Widgets, Components, and Interactions ui.jquery.com
A set of themable widgets and interactions, built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library, that you can use to build highly interactive web applications.
There are certainly situations where CSS frameworks are useful, but it just doesn’t seem right to change the HTML to use them (for production sites).
Tripoli is a generic CSS standard for HTML rendering. By resetting and rebuilding browser standards, Tripoli forms a stable, cross-browser rendering foundation for your web projects.
- Adactio: Journal - Wireframework adactio.com
Unless I’m creating cookie-cutter sites, I don’t think a CSS framework can help me. That said, I think a framework like Blueprint has its place.
Another CSS framework.
Another Blueprint discussion
Blueprint is a CSS framework, which aims to cut down on your CSS development time. It gives you a solid CSS foundation to build your project on top of, with an easy-to-use grid, sensible typography, and even a stylesheet for printing.
Download the self-extracting executable, double-click, and place the resulting 'django' folder in a convenient location. You can even carry it around with you on a USB thumb drive.
- The Sandbox · plaintxt.org plaintxt.org
The Sandbox is a theme for themers. It has the ability to be easily skinned, so beginners will feel comfortable styling it since they only need to know CSS. More experienced designers will drool at the rich semantic markup.
- Loupe.js netzgesta.de
Allows you to add a loupe (magnifier) to images on your webpages. It uses unobtrusive javascript to keep your code clean.
- phpsprockets - Google Code code.google.com
Sprockets are hierarchically created objects that can be progressively, logically defined and then rendered when needed. Sprockets play nice, coexisting with other code generators and template systems, and provide a great addition to MVC frameworks.
You get the reliability of Yahoo! UI, and the developer friendliess of jQuery. You also receive the benefits of an easily customizable A.P.I. which puts you in control of how you will work with the library.
- Creating web sites for the Wii Opera browser bolinfest.com
JavaScript library that facilitates handling Wiimote keycodes
"K2 [...] is the frontend of WordPress. It's main concern is displaying the data fetches through WordPress in the right way at the right time. Furthermore [...] K2 cares about you and is always trying to make sure you are presented with exactly the tools
My CSS Framework and Modular CSS articles touched on maintainability but here I am going to expand on those ideas, and attempt to suggest some guidelines to make team CSS coding and maintenance easier.
- James Mc Parlane's Blog - Why I Still Won't Use The prototype.js JavaScript Library blog.metawrap.com · Archived on
I was not prepared for the amount of responses I got to my last article. There really are two camps - and they sit around fires making pointy sticks.
- James Mc Parlane's Blog - Why I Don't Use The prototype.js JavaScript Library blog.metawrap.com · Archived on
"What I and many many others have discovered is that using the prototype object on the Array and Object inbuilt types increases the chances that your code will conflict with existing or external code. It makes your code not play well with others, so once
- Google Web Toolkit - Build AJAX apps in the Java language code.google.com
A Java software development framework that makes writing AJAX applications like Google Maps and Gmail easy for developers who don't speak browser quirks as a second language.
- CakePHP : the rapid development php framework cakephp.org
"A rapid development framework for PHP which uses commonly known design patterns like ActiveRecord, Association Data Mapping, Front Controller and MVC. Our primary goal is to provide a structured framework that enables PHP users at all levels to rapidly d
- MODx Content Management System | Home modxcms.com
An open source PHP Application Framework
- Flash / JavaScript Integration Kit weblogs.macromedia.com
- AjaxLibraries wiki.osafoundation.org
Survey of AJAX/JavaScript Libraries
- Using prototype.js v1.3.1 sergiopereira.com
- MochiKit – A lightweight Javascript library mochikit.com
A highly documented and well tested, suite of JavaScript libraries that will help you get shit done, fast.
A quick yet detailed guide on how to set up a very easy-to-use development environment for Ruby On Rails. This guide is for Windows users but there's no reason that it couldn't be adapted for Linux users as well.
an OO PHP framework with the core modules licensed under BSD
"An AJAX toolkit, or framework, for creating rich web applications. It handles the tedious and repetetive tasks involved in integrating a client created using html and javascript with a server backend. It enables client side javascript to directly call cl
- Four Days on Rails rails.homelinux.org
By the time you've read it, you should have a useful toolbox of Rails techniques and a good idea of where to look on the web for more information.
A full-stack, open-source web framework in Ruby for writing real-world applications with joy and less code than most frameworks spend doing XML sit-ups
- Ruby on Rails rubyonrails.org
A full-stack, open-source web framework in Ruby for writing real-world applications