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Lightning Design System vs Material Design Lite

A side-by-side look at Lightning Design System and Material Design Lite. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Lightning Design System

Lightning Design System

Development

Lightning Design System (LDS) is an open-source component library that allows developers to build consistent, accessible web interfaces for Salesforce products. It provides a collection of reusable components like buttons, forms, navigation, etc. as well as CSS frameworks, JavaScript, design guidelines, and other resources.

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Material Design Lite

Material Design Lite

Development

Material Design Lite (MDL) is an open-source HTML/CSS/JavaScript framework that implements Google's Material Design specifications. It provides responsive, customizable, cross-browser compatible components like buttons, cards, menus, and more out-of-the-box.

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