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Problem is - some widgets I depend on - like date-pickers and X-Editable - only support Bootstrap.
I've tried to use Foundation before and it's responsive grid was ghastly. This was the first time I tried anything responsive mind you. So I jumped towards Bootstrap 3 and it's grid was phenomal to use. Predictable, simple and quick to iterate - everything I wanted. I'm going to give this release a try. The interchangable items based on device widths looks fantastic! I'm really excited to give Zurb a try. :)
So for the HTML deficient are there any template sites for foundation yet? These exist for bootstrap, and for someone who doesn't have even a single bone of design talent in his body they're a godsend.
http://www.bluejaythemes.com/ http://www.twitter.com/bluejaythemes
Looks like it dropped support for IE8, which unfortunately eliminates this as an option for a lot of client work. Seems like a solid go-to for more forward-thinking projects though.
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I believe Foundation is much better for front-end design than Bootstrap. The main benefit of Bootstrap is in backend design because it managed to get more popular and consequently its much easier to find 'bootstrap ready' js based widgets etc
Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, but how does Bootstrap's popularity make it better for backend design?
Is Foundation better than Bootstrap? I'm genuinely curious, as they seem functionality equivalent. Of course, one uses SASS and one uses LESS. I knew LESS, so I picked Bootstrap. But I'm more than willing to switch.
The only thing you get with bootstrap at this point is an insane amount of plugins (datepickers, etc). In general, you just have to pick the vanilla jquery plugins and theme them up to use foundation's syntax. I just recently did this with xeditable and poshytip. I'll take the semantics of foundation any day. Love this framework.
Looks like it dropped support for IE8, which unfortunately eliminates this as an option for a lot of client work. Seems like a solid go-to for more forward-thinking projects though.
For basic stuff like the grid, it's quite easy to manually add IE8 support, given that you're never going to be seeing IE8 on a mobile phone or tablet. For some of the more advanced components you could run into issues.
Bootstrap has more styles so you can...bootstrap. Foundation is meant to be a foundation to build on.
That being said, of course their functionality is very close, but be aware of the core differences in outlook between the 2.
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The only thing you get with bootstrap at this point is an insane amount of plugins (datepickers, etc). In general, you just have to pick the vanilla jquery plugins and theme them up to use foundation's syntax. I just recently did this with xeditable and poshytip. I'll take the semantics of foundation any day. Love this framework.
You could also argue than a plugin that ships with hard-wired skin for only one CSS framework is a signal of bad underlying engineering, i.e. no separation of concerns
I don't know why (maybe I'm just not good with css and html in general), but I'm always confused when looking at these grid systems. Trying to use zurb in a project now and I'm kinda lost. Any good resources other than their docs for sort of showing how to use zurb in a full project?