Recently, an engineer from a startup I know asked me “What CSS framework should I use?”

I’ve used several CSS frameworks, and while there are various options, I couldn’t strongly recommend one specific framework, so I’ll share the results of interviewing the frontend engineers in my company.

Server-side Engineer Opinions

Bootstrap 4 Camp

Bootstrap v4 alpha is very good, but the question is when the official version will be released…

Don't Use CSS Framework Camp

I basically write all raw CSS for my own site.

But personally, Bootstrap was the easiest. For flexibility, go raw.

Frontend Engineer and Designer Opinions

Bootstrap

The first thing that comes up is Bootstrap.

They said Bootstrap is the most usable because it can be used like Lego blocks.

Semantic UI

Semantic UI has small granularity.

Foundation

Foundation only has the basics as its name suggests, so it feels insufficient.

Materialize

With Materialize you can only do Material Design.

CSS Framework Summary

If I were to introduce one now, I think it would be good to adopt Bootstrap v4 alpha and follow the code as the alpha version gets removed.

That’s all from the Gemba.