An Introduction to Bootstrap

 

Bootstrap

   Bootstrap is the most popular front-end framework for developing responsive websites. It is an open-source framework developed by the team at Twitter. The term "front-end" itself defines that it is the combination of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It provides the way for easier and faster web development. It includes HTML and CSS-based design templates for common user interface components like Typography, Forms, Buttons, Tables, Navigations, Dropdowns, Alerts, Modals, Tabs, Accordion, Carousel and many other as well as optional JavaScript extensions.

   Bootstrap was developed by Mark Otto and Jacob Thornton at Twitter. It was released as an open-source product in August 2011 on GitHub. In June 2014 Bootstrap was the No.1 project on GitHub. The latest Bootstrap version is Bootstrap 5.

   Let us say you want to create an attractive website that should be very efficient irrespective of the device in which the client uses the website. For this, you need to write more and more no. of code from scratch. It'll consume more time and more resources. but the client needs the product within very less time. So it's not good to write the code from scratch. Then how the website can be created. For this, you can make use of Bootstrap. Bootstrap is nothing but a free collection of tools for creating websites or web applications. You can make use of these developed designs and templates to create your website in very little time.


Front End coding


What Bootstrap package contains?

Scaffolding: Bootstrap provides a basic structure with Grid System, link styles, and background.

CSS: Bootstrap comes with the feature of global CSS settings, fundamental HTML elements styled, and an advanced grid system.

Components: Bootstrap contains a lot of reusable components built to provide iconography, dropdowns, navigation, alerts, pop-overs, and much more.

JavaScript Plugins: Bootstrap also contains a lot of custom jQuery plugins. You can easily include them all, or one by one.

Customize: Bootstrap components are customizable and you can customize Bootstrap's components, fewer variables, and jQuery plugins to get your own style.

Benefits of using Bootstrap:

·       Save lots of time - You can save lots of time and effort using the Bootstrap predefined design templates and classes.

·       Responsive features - Bootstrap responsive features make your web pages appear more appropriately on different devices and screen resolutions without any change in markup.

·       Consistent design - All Bootstrap components share the same design templates and styles through a central library so that the designs and layouts of your web pages are consistent throughout your development.

·       Easy to use - Bootstrap is very easy to use. Anybody with a basic working knowledge of HTML and CSS can start development with Bootstrap.

·       Compatible with browsers - Bootstrap is created with modern browsers in mind and it is compatible with all modern browsers.

·       Open SourceIt is completely free and used.