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Ahhh, FrameWorks. They make my work easier and more fun. By taking out the stuff that is repetitive and dull, frameworks establish a great baseline for creative work. So I combined my 2 favorite front end frameworks in Starter Kit.
Starter Kit starts with a simple layout and ties in Blueprint CSS and jQuery. The layout here is something that anyone can do. I find myself having to recreate the same setup over and over, so it made sense to me to create a place for a SVN Repository of my starting point. Of course, this is a little bare bones, but it is designed as a starting place for integration.
Starter Kit Features:
- Valid HTML and XHTML
- Conventional Layout
- Conventional Navigation Metaphors
Starter Kit Versions
- Blueprint CSS version 0.7
- jQuery version 1.2.3
Demo
Blueprint CSS is a fantastic framework for CSS. Using the grid layout, a designer/developer can quickly deploy a fantastic solution with established conventions. Blueprint CSS was launched by Olav Bjørkøy and he has done a great job developing the framework.
And jQuery is an amazing and light framework for JavaScript. Write less code. Do more stuff. jQuery was developed by John Resig and continues with contributions by many developers.
If you are interested in contributing, please do! There are many ways to skin a cat, maybe you know a less messy one. You can contact me direct at dave.merwin@gmail.com.
Framework Versions: Currently the versions used are
Please Note:
I will try to keep Downloads up to date, but frankly, you are better off doing a SVN checkout if you need code. I update SVN religiously. Like I said, this is MY starter kit too, so I use it often.
Ok, I won't keep downloads up to date. SVN is the way to go. Or you can get it from the demo site.
You would be ill advised to grab this code and push it to a server and call it a day. First it will be bloated with comments for documentation. Second, it will require a great deal of HTTP requests to large files. These files are left uncompressed to learn from, but it will add overhead to your site if you load them as is. Where I work, we use different methods to get all of the requests down and to compress the file size.
For CSS Compression you can start here: Blogging Pro: CSS-Optimization
For JavaScript optimization you can start here: Websiteoptimization.com: JavaScript Optimization
More performance hints here: Websiteoptimization.com: Speed Tweaks