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Web truths: CSS is not real programming

2 pointsby technojunkieover 7 years ago

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technojunkieover 7 years ago
Considering modern CSS has been abstracted away by libraries and frameworks, I&#x27;ve noticed a trend among startups, smaller businesses, and companies short on time that they so often default to Bootstrap. Developers who don&#x27;t work on front-end, the execs I&#x27;ve been under in several jobs previous, all want Bootstrap for these reasons.<p>It makes me sad that my job as a front-end developer working with HTML and CSS has become scaffolding a framework instead of creating unique and non-Bootstrap designs.
oblibover 7 years ago
As mainly an app developer I&#x27;ve chose to use Bootstrap out of convenience but I agree with technojunkie, it&#x27;s a cookie cutter approach that limits design.<p>Personally, I am constantly impressed and humbled with what I see being done with CSS. It is programming, no doubt about that, but the end result is often more. It&#x27;s often &quot;Art&quot; and when it is I cannot help but admire it.