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A modern and minimalistic responsive CSS framework focused on smooth, pretty, and simple components. The documentation covers installation, design standards, a color palette with CSS variables, responsive breakpoints, and UI components such as buttons.

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What's inside MatCSS

  1. Overview of MatCSS framework features

    MatCSS is a modern, minimalistic CSS framework designed for simplicity and power. It integrates Bootstrap's RFS (Responsive Font Scaling) utility to ensure consistent typography and layout across various device sizes.

  2. Overview of MatCSS Framework

    MatCSS is a CSS framework focused on smooth, simple, and customizable components. It leverages Bootstrap's utilities and grid API for responsive design, making it familiar to developers experienced with Bootstrap. Its visual styling is inspired by Flatify (and Duolingo), providing a distinct aesthetic 'vibe' for UI components.

  3. Implement a grid system with MatCSS

    MatCSS does not include a built-in grid system and is compatible with any grid library. For optimal results, it is recommended to use Bootstrap's 12-column flexbox grid system, utilizing .row and .col classes to rapidly create layouts.

  4. Understand MatCSS design standards

    MatCSS is a CSS framework focused on smooth, modern, and simple components. To maintain visual consistency across the framework, it follows a set of default design standards for borders, shadows, and typography.

  5. Install dependencies and start the MatCSS development build

    After cloning the MatCSS repository, install the necessary dependencies and start the watch process. The watch command monitors the scss folder for changes and automatically compiles the code into the dist folder. Use the provided index.html file to test components during development.
    npm install
npm run watch

  7. Set up the MatCSS development environment

    To develop or contribute to MatCSS, ensure you have the following prerequisites installed: Node.js, NPM or Yarn, and Git. Familiarity with CSS, SCSS, CSS Variables, JavaScript, and PostCSS is recommended. VSCode is the recommended editor.

  8. Install Bootstrap Grid for MatCSS

    To minimize bundle size and improve load times, you can install only the Bootstrap grid system instead of the full Bootstrap library by adding the following stylesheet link to your HTML file.
    <link href="https://unpkg.com/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap-grid.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

  9. Contribute to MatCSS via Pull Requests

    To contribute to MatCSS: fork the repository, clone it locally, and implement your changes. Before submitting a pull request to the main branch, ensure you have: tested your changes, formatted the code correctly, provided a detailed description of the changes, and reviewed the CONTRIBUTING.md and CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md files.

  10. Include MatCSS via CDN

    You can add MatCSS to your project without a build step by including the minified CSS and JS files from the jsDelivr CDN.
    <!-- CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/matcss/dist/matcss.min.css">

<!-- JS -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/matcss/dist/matcss.min.js"></script>

  11. Customize MatCSS variables and components

    MatCSS is built with SCSS and can be customized in two primary ways:

    1. Variables: Modify the scss/_variables.scss file to change framework-wide settings.
    2. Components: Create, modify, or delete components within the scss/components folder. When adding or removing components, you must update the imports in scss/mat.scss to ensure they are included in the final build.

  12. Configure MatCSS typography defaults

    For a consistent look and feel, MatCSS recommends using the Nunito font. The framework's default typography settings are a font size of 1rem and a line height of 1.5rem.