Tag: libraries

Libraries and frameworks for a budding front end developer by Cameron Tebbenham-Small, Design Enterprise Studio Member, March 2022So, you’ve made your first website, maybe even a few, but now you want to look ahead and advance to an intermediate level. Let me introduce you to the wonderful world of CSS and JavaScript libraries frameworks by exploring a few that I have used in my own workflows. But firstly, what are frameworks and libraries and how do they differ?A coding library is a collection of standard functionalities – pieces of reusable code that enable developers to skip a great many steps that have likely already been accomplished by developers before them. These could be maths functions, interactive web-forms or other that are then inserted into your code as a supplementary function. Think of it like adding an extra chair to your room – you’ve already done some decorating, but don’t want to build a full new Ikea chair so get something premade...