Bootstrap 3, Foundation 4 and Bourbon Neat

Update: I’ve finally made my decision

Decisions… decisions…

I’ve built up some of my recent work on WealthBar using Foundation 3 however Foundation 4 has been out a while now and I think it’s time for me to catch up on some upgrades. Specifically moving things over to Rails 4 now that it’s RC2. While I’m at it I may as well choose my CSS frameworks for the long haul.

Let me start by saying working without a framework is not an option I’m considering. If that’s how you like to work that’s great for you. Leave me out of your masochistic fantasies though.

I’m specifically looking for the following key features:

The decision isn’t all that easy partly because of the similarities between the choices but also because each has some negative consequences that gives me serious pause. Here are the pros/cons as I see them

Bootstrap

Pros:

Cons:

Foundation 4

Pros:

Cons:

Bourbon/Neat

Pros:

Cons:

My gut right now tells me to use Foundation 4 with Bourbon (but not Neat). Worst case, later on I could choose to drop all of Foundation 4 except it’s grid mixins.

What do you think? Feel free to let me know on twitter.

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