How do you feel about Bootstrap 4? And do you use it in your work?

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UPD: it was not written to talk about the great and beautiful web, but to find a direction in which direction to grow as a developer, I sat all the time only on 3.4 bootstrap - I'm looking for new directions, more interesting, new, and maybe better.
Most recently I saw an article on Habré about the reluctance to invent a bicycle with nets, as a result of the article, a holivar poured out on the topic of why to use bulky css frameworks when quite a worthy replacement appeared in the form of flex and grids. Some of the people poured a bucket of shit on those who use third-party grids, reproaching them with the fact that writing their own is better, and the code is cleaner without too much crap. The second group believes that bootstrap4 and other css frameworks help a lot in their work. While I was studying, I made 4-5 layouts on bootstrap 3.4, trying both mobile first and desktop first, and I don’t understand a little why people typeset, let’s say, on pure flex and grids, when you can use ready-made tools. I will be glad to hear your reasoning, and thoughts about the viability of the idea of ​​frameworks or clean layout with your own grid. And what do you type on, what do you prefer and why.

Answer 1

"Cumbersome css framework" === saving time.
"Cumbersome css framework" is good when:
1. You are the sole contractor, and the fee for the project is fixed. Do it faster - earn more.
2. You are a web studio. With frameworks, you will rivet typical sites at the speed of the pipeline. You will have competitive prices and terms. Staff turnover isn't terrible, as new developers will most likely know the framework you're using, and if they don't, frameworks in most cases have great documentation and a huge community.
It is important in choosing a technology stack to proceed from the requirements, budget, timing, size and qualifications of the team.
So large projects are often written without the use of css frameworks, such projects have large budgets and deadlines, strong developers and high requirements. If your goal is to grow up to such projects, then by all means learn to typeset without frameworks.
As a development path, I recommend looking towards Frontend Developer . JavaScript/TypeScript , React/Vue , Babel, Webpack .

Answer 2

Use Grid 's and Flex 's at the same time and you will be happy. Of course, with Grids you will have to be able to write media queries, but these are trifles. Bootstrap infuriates with its functionality (except for the grid itself), which no one ever uses, and messing with configuration files is not comme il faut at all. And the presence of a huge number of classes and wrappers is not particularly impressive.