{"id":4389,"date":"2022-03-08T09:45:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T09:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/?p=4389"},"modified":"2022-03-08T09:45:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T09:45:53","slug":"what-is-a-css-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/glossary\/what-is-a-css-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is A CSS Framework?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A CSS framework is a prepped and ready-to-use CSS library (Cascading Style Sheets). The stylesheets collection makes the job of a UI developer easier.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than starting every project from scratch, a CSS framework gives them tools to quickly create a user interface that they repeat and tweak during a project. They also enable the creation of more standards-compliant websites.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While quite challenging to use or ambiguous for beginners, senior developers who know the CSS framework sites&#8217; descriptions and buzzwords find them extremely useful.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why Do You Need A CSS Framework?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>CSS frameworks are designed for use in typical scenarios such as establishing navigation bars, footers, sliders, hamburger menus, 3-column layouts, and more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The frameworks also enable expanding on JavaScript, SASS, and other technologies. If designers are time-stressed, frameworks allow setting up web pages \u2013 not just homepages, without diving into some CSS.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>CSS Framework USe<\/strong><strong> Cases<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Other than time-saving, teams comprising several developers benefit from the standards offered by CSS frameworks. Rather than each developer on a project adding their own style of names, frameworks regulate layouts, easily read others\u2019 code, and smooth the development cycle with fewer bugs and better team communication.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bootstrap&nbsp;and&nbsp;Foundation are widely and frequently used CSS framework examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>CSS Framework Tools<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following are eight examples of <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/custom-css-pro\/\">CSS<\/a> framework tools and modules:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reset style sheets<\/li><li>Grid structures&nbsp;specifically for&nbsp;responsive web design<\/li><li>Website typography<\/li><li>Icon sets in&nbsp;icon fonts or 2D sprite graphic elements&nbsp;<\/li><li>Styling for&nbsp;buttons, <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/features\/form-builder\/\"   title=\"form\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">form<\/a> elements, or tooltips<\/li><li>Parts of&nbsp;graphical UI&nbsp;such as&nbsp;modal windows&nbsp;(Lightbox), tabs, slideshows, or accordions<\/li><li>Equalizers to create equivalent height content<\/li><li>CSS helper classes (hide, left)<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CSS framework is a prepped and ready-to-use CSS library (Cascading Style Sheets)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1292159,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,31],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-4389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glossary","category-wordpress","tag-build"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1292159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4390,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4389\/revisions\/4390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}