Choosing a Framework

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I'm beginning to look at the different types of frameworks that are available just so I can learn more about frameworks. Just to make sure that I am following correctly, I'd like to propose a few statements and would appreciate you affirming or correcting each idea or answering the question.

1. At its most basic level, a framework is only a preset CSS structure for a web site.

2. The power of a framework is that it allows people to automatically use the existing CSS tags instead of having to create their own.

3. A framework can have widgets. Can you provide an example of a widget in RLMP to help me better understand how widgets work in a framework? If not, can you give an example from another framework?

4. What is the criteria for deciding which framework to use?

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I look at widgets as formatted code that accomplishes a task inside the frame work.
JQuery would be kind of both for somethings but there's a lot of widgets that ride on top of JQuery.
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1.But some of them go way beyond basic CSS, making it a bit easier to get going with SASS, LESS and preprocessors.
http://foundation.zurb.com/docs/sass.html
2. Sort of, you can always add your own, customize it how you see fit, or use SCSS:
http://foundation.zurb.com/docs/css.html
3. Frameworks tend to have built in modules/snippets, so one doesn't have to "re-nvent the wheel" for common functions. Here's one example, plus see the left-side menu:
http://foundation.zurb.com/docs/compone … pdown.html
4. You might have noticed that all my links go to Foundation by Zurb. :D
After looking at a lot of frameworks (including Skeleton, Gumby, Bootstrap) and simpler grids (Pocket Grid, Symantic Grid), I find myself leaning towards Foundation (Sass rather than LESS, not as 'bloated' as some others)
***The big deciding factor for me...Shortly after I installed it and starting to experiment, RLMP came out, promising more frameworks would be added at some point. It seems Foundation might just be the next addition to RLMP. :cool:
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