AndyL
What is the best CSS Framework to use with LiveView? Especially when it comes to things like modals, tooltips, responsive/adaptive designs, dismissable alerts, collapsible sidebars, accordions, drag-n-drop, carousels, etc. Thanks in advance!
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praveenperera
I personally like
TailwindCSS + Animate.css + AlpineJS
Exadra37
Any CSS framework you like to use with plain HTML. Doesn’t really make any difference what one you choose.
Exadra37
I would be careful with using JS frameworks in conjunction with LiveView, because they may end-up “fighting” for the dom.
praveenperera
Its all good
https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/issues/809#issuecomment-637671803
AndyL
Bootstrap uses JS for modals and tooltips (among other things). I’m not sure if this works well with LiveView.
Exadra37
Bootstrap can be used without the JS part. I have used it many times without including JS, because I hate to use JS for stuff I can do with pure css.
wanton7
Bulma is good for many things because it doesn’t use any JavaScript. https://bulma.io
praveenperera
Let me clarify how I use them
TailwindCSS - general CSS utility framework, used for styling
Animate.CSS - to do simple fade-in/fade-out for content that’s controlled by LiveView (just to make it less jarring)
AlpineJS - For simple interactions not involving data (ex: dropdowns, drawer menus, sidebar menu)
LiveView - Any interactions involving data
trarbr
I have only been playing with it in side-projects, but this would be my approach as well: TailwindCSS + AlpineJS.
Caleb, the creator of AlpineJS, created it specifically for use with LiveWire, which is a LiveView “clone” for PHP. According to Caleb, AlpineJS and LiveWire “just works” with no DOM conflicts - and as of 0.13.3, LiveView should be 100% compatible with AlpineJS. (For more details, see the issue linked by @praveenperera
outlog
+1 on tailwind…
used bulma in the past, guess it’s also pretty great..