CSS Framework Roundup

A great design and web front-end weblog, Smashing Magazine, has put together an excellent article on CSS frameworks. Building a great web front end takes a lot of elements coming together successfully, such as having a good understanding of your user’s needs, building an effective information architecture around that understanding and creating an engaging and intuitive visual design.

However, these planning aspects are some of the least time consuming of the entire build process. The nuts and bolts of front end design can be extremely tedious to put together due to inconsistencies between the various browser rendering engines out there. In fact, there are enormous sites dedicated to the technical aspects of cross browser design and compatibility. CSS frameworks offer the same advantage that back-end frameworks offer: detail management. The widespread adoption of these tools and techniques is another step in the evolution of the web development profession.