Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Grid System Comparison: Bootstrap 3 vs. Foundation 5

Bootstrap and Foundation are two of my favorite front-end frameworks, especially for rapid website prototyping. Both come with ready-to-use components that speed up my workflow. Beyond their small differences, most of their fundamental features look similar to me.


In this article, I’ll cover the basics of their grids. First, I’ll show you how they’re structured, describing their key components, and how they differentiate depending on the screen size. Then, I’ll go over a real example that will help you put the knowledge gained into practice.


Let’s get started!


Comparing Media Queries


Before analyzing Bootstrap’s and Foundation’s grid structure, let’s first look at the breakpoints that both offer for responsive layouts. These are used to set the number of the available grids that each framework offers.


Bootstrap specifies four pixel-based media query breakpoints. The table below shows them:


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by George Martsoukos via SitePoint

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