OpenProps is on par with the developer experience of Tailwind in my opinion. The choice between the two more comes down to preference, class names as inline styles or a collection of Css variables
Re:The Epic Stack
by listenallyall on Friday May 12, 2023 @05:58PM
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> 100% agree, I've always been impressed by what the projects and courses Kent puts out.
this ^^ was you, right? pardon me if I don't hold your opinion in high regard
Care to explain? There's not really much here for me to go on.
I believe a framework like Bootstrap might be a faster approach at the beginning (honestly, it's a fair approach for the whole lifecycle of a project). You get all the building blocks to get a consistent UI working fairly quick with little to no CSS knowledge. Some times removing the unnecessary flexibility may be a boost to get things out there.
But, at the end of day, the best option will be the one you're most comfortable with.
Re:The Epic Stack
by WorldMaker on Friday May 12, 2023 @04:00PM
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Also, Bootstrap gives you plenty of copy-and-paste ready examples, including accessibility enhancements. Accessibility can be an after-thought to not just devs, but many designers, but Bootstrap helps put it right up front for the lazy developer.
Anecdotally, I've sometimes seen better quality websites for a lot of the little "polish" things like accessibility (which isn't really "polish", is it?) from the laziest "just use Bootstrap" developers than from the most hardworking Tailwind developer+designer combos.
And to say that design "just doesn't matter" while you're in fundraising mode, i think is also incorrect. You don't need perfect design, but it has to look pretty decent. It's in people's nature to be turned off by ugly/obsolete looking web pages.