Jump Start Bootstrap

by Syed Fazle Rahman

Everything you need to know about Bootstrap in one place!

Originally developed by Twitter, Bootstrap is a front-end web framework that’s revolutionized modern web development. It makes it easy to build professional, feature-packed websites in no time. Better still, Bootstrap is built from the ground up to be fully responsive, meaning your designs will look beautiful on any device, and in any browser.

Whether you’re a designer or a developer, you need to get acquainted with Bootstrap. Jump Start Bootstrap is the perfect primer to the most popular front-end framework available on the Web today.

What’s inside?
-Install Bootstrap and set up your projects
-Understand how Bootstrap can speed up the web development process
-Master the grid system: create responsive, mobile first layouts that work on any device
-Take advantage of Bootstrap’s components to quickly and easily add features like panels, navigations, forms, and more
-Use Twitter’s plugins to add interactivity without writing a line of JavaScript!
-Customize Bootstrap to create unique designs

Genres: Programming

150 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 25, 2014

Reviews

[Barbara · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is disappointing because it doesn't offer much more than what you can find in the tutorials on the Bootstrap website itself. I had hoped it would go under the hood and explain the reasons why Bootstrap components and layouts work the way they do, but there is no mention of that. It's strictly a quick guide for people who have no interest in actually learning how something works, but just need the short cut. There is almost no customization shown or strategies explained, so with the sole help of this book, you would essentially be stuck with a site that looks like the Bootstrap default. It's also disappointing that there are many, many pages that are half-blank because of poor layout choices; these pages could have been filled with more explanations or even alternative screenshots of the changing styles. Nope. Very little effort put in.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit out of date but some good information still.

[Muhammad al-Khwarizmi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty decent but not vastly better than the stuff you can easily find online (legally, that is).

[Marek Pawlowski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fajna i prosta książeczka o jednym ze słynniejszych frameworków. Jest to raczej poradnik w stylu „jak to zrobić” niż „na czym to polega i jak można to rozumieć”. Niemniej jednak jako prosty wstęp książka rewelacyjnie spełnia swoją funkcję. Nie żałuję zakupu tej książki. Pomogła mi ruszyć i zrozumieć pewne podstawy, na które nie udało mi się wcześniej natrafić, ucząc się online.

A nice and simple book about one of the most famous frameworks. This is a guidebook written in the style “how to do this” not “what it is or how we can understand it”. Nevertheless as a simple beginning this book fulfils its function. I do not regret buying it as it helped me to understand some ground rules that didn’t strike me when I was learning online.

[Luis Fernando Franco · Rating 3 out of 5]

Si bien el libro no es mucho más que los tutoriales de Bootstrap que se encuentran en Internet, si está muy bien escrito y con una muy buena lógica que facilita el seguirlo.

No entra en ninguna cosa complicada como LESS, pero es más que suficiente para iniciarse en Bootstrap. De hecho sigue siendo mi "goto-book" para las cosas sencillas del framework.

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad intro to Bootstrap, but nothing too in-depth here. The biggest plus is that it recommends a few 3rd party plugins I was unaware of. If you're overwhelmed by the official documentation, pick this up and work through the projects. Then maybe go back to the official site and try another read through of it.

[Katiebird · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book as part of the Safari Books Online collection. I'm still a beginner (at Bootstrap) but, this book has pulled the Bootstrap story together in a way that makes me feel like I'm ready to actually start working with it.

[Delhi Irc]

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