I’ve been researching some css frameworks to use for my shopify theme, and I keep seeing css boilerplates put into the same category as frameworks.
What is the difference between the two?
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I’ve been researching some css frameworks to use for my shopify theme, and I keep seeing css boilerplates put into the same category as frameworks.
What is the difference between the two?
There is no difference, it’s just two names for the same thing. Boilerplate (in this case) is just a geeky word for a (specific) web layout framework. It could as well be named something else, if the one that coined it felt a bit differently about boilers that day. My guess is it comes from
Boilerplate prototype(‘a broadly working prototype that is constructed from cheaper or simpler materials’, according to Wikipedia). It later found meaning in the IT industry in a form of a Boilerplate code. In essence, they’re both ‘fancy’ words for atemplate, so us geeks can feel better about ourselves.