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Material Design Lite Explained

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Material Design Lite is an intuitive and lightweight framework compared to Bootstrap, Materialize, and Foundation. It adheres to the Material Design language launched by Google. MDL has UI components baked in that are easy to use and implement, and it provides the styling and animations that help in constructing aesthetic and responsive web sites. It takes into consideration several aspects such as browser portability and responsiveness all within a compact footprint.

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Shenoy, A., Prabhu, A. (2018). Material Design Lite Explained. In: CSS Framework Alternatives. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3399-3_5

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