Migrate from Material Design to boodoo

Love Google Material Design's tactile surfaces, elevation shadows, floating labels, and touch ripples, but tired of heavy React runtimes (MUI / Emotion) and rigid Google-centric aesthetics? Learn how to migrate to boodoo for pure CSS and vanilla JS.

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Why Migrate from Material Design to boodoo?

Eliminate 200+ KB of React Overhead: Libraries like MUI pull in Emotion or styled-components, adding huge runtime JS taxes. Boodoo runs on pure static CSS and lightweight vanilla JS.
Freedom from the "Pure Google" Look: Boodoo incorporates Material's depth and touch feedback while allowing sleek, custom SaaS brand aesthetics.
Native HTML5 Dialog & Popover: Modern dialogs and drawer sheets without complex portal lifecycles.

Material Design to boodoo Mapping

Material Feature / MUI Component	boodoo Equivalent	Implementation
`<Paper elevation={3}>`	`.elevation-3` or `.shadow-sm`	Pure CSS box-shadow tokens
`TouchRipple`	`.ripple` or `.btn-ripple`	Zero-dependency CSS/JS click ripple
`<TextField label="Name" variant="outlined">`	`.form-floating`	Standard CSS floating form label
`<Fab color="primary">`	`.btn.btn-primary.btn-fab`	Floating action button with elevation
`<Snackbar open={true}>`	`.toast` / `window.boodoo.toast()`	Native stackable toast notifications
`<SpeedDial>`	`.speed-dial`	Expandable floating action menu

Code Migration Example

<!-- Before: MUI (React runtime required) -->
<Card elevation={2} sx={{ p: 3, borderRadius: 2 }}>
  <Typography variant="h5">Profile Card</Typography>
  <Button variant="contained" color="primary">Save</Button>
</Card>

<!-- After: boodoo (Clean HTML/CSS, zero dependencies) -->
<div class="card p-3 elevation-2 rounded-3">
  <h3 class="h5 fw-bold mb-2">Profile Card</h3>
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-ripple ripple">Save</button>
</div>