Bulma is a popular CSS framework that helps developers quickly create beautiful and adaptive user interfaces. It is based on Flexbox, which makes it very handy for working with grids and element alignment. In this article, we will look at how to develop a UI using Bulma without going deep into the code, but instead focusing on the key principles and steps involved.

Step 1: Planning the UI structure

Before you start using Bulma, it’s important to plan out what your UI will look like. Identify the main content blocks, such as:

  • Navigation (menus);
  • Main content (texts, images, forms);
  • Sidebars or additional blocks;
  • The footer of the page.

Remember that the structure should be user-friendly and logical for the user, as well as adaptive for different screens.

Step 2: Selecting Bulma components

Bulma offers many ready-made components that you can use to create your UI. Here are a few of them:

  • Grid system: using the columns and column classes, you can create grids for layouts with different numbers of columns. This is the main tool for dividing content into pages.
  • Cards: components to display information as cards with titles, images, and text. Use the card class for this.
  • Forms: Bulma provides handy styles for forms. Use classes like input, textarea, select to design input fields.
  • Buttons: using button classes, you can create beautiful and functional buttons for different actions. Modal windows: Bulma has a module for modal windows that can be used to display additional information or interact with the user.

Step 3: Styling elements

Bulma provides many classes to customize the appearance of elements. In this step, you can customize colors, fonts, sizes, and other visual settings using Bulma classes.

  • To change colors, use classes such as is-primary, is-link, and is-danger, which allow you to quickly change the colors of buttons, backgrounds, and text.
  • You can resize elements using classes such as is-small, is-medium, is-large.
  • Flexbox makes it easy to align elements, for example, the classes is-centered, is-flex, and is-align-items-center will help you center your content.

Step 4: Adaptability

Bulma is initially focused on creating adaptive interfaces. To make your design display correctly on different devices, use the media queries that are built into the framework.

  • Classes like is-hidden-mobile, is-hidden-tablet, etc. allow you to hide elements on specific devices.
  • Using the columns and column grid also helps to automatically adapt the layout to different screen sizes.

Step 5: Visualization and Testing

Once the UI structure and styles are ready, it is important to test how the UI looks on different devices and screen resolutions. You can use the developer tools in your browser to preview the UI on different resolutions.

Check:

  • Logic and navigability;
  • Readability of text on mobile devices;
  • Visibility of all elements and their behavior when the window is resized.

Step 6: Debugging and improvements

In this step, it is important to make sure that everything works as it should:

  • All components are positioned correctly.
  • There are no display errors on mobile devices.
  • You haven’t forgotten about mandatory UI elements such as buttons for interaction and forms for data entry.

The debugging process includes fixing any visual or functional errors, such as incorrect alignment or lack of adaptability.

Conclusion

UI development with Bulma is a quick and efficient way to create a modern, adaptive and beautiful UI without having to dive deep into code. The key is to plan the structure correctly, choose the right components and make sure that the interface works correctly on all devices. Bulma provides enough flexibility to easily adapt and customize the interface to meet any need.

By : Ryan Turner