Bootstrap in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

by Jennifer Kyrnin

Learn to create great-looking responsive web sites with Bootstrap In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Bootstrap in 24 Hours helps you use the free and open source Bootstrap framework to quickly build websites that automatically reflect each user’s device and experience, without complex hand crafting. This book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach shows you how to install Bootstrap and quickly build basic sites; extend them with styles, components, and JavaScript plug-ins, and even create sophisticated designs with advanced features. In just a few hours, you’ll be using Bootstrap to bring responsive design to virtually any site. Every lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success. Learn how to... Who This Book is For Contents at a Glance Part Getting Started with Bootstrap Hour 1: What Is Bootstrap, and Why You Should Use It Hour 2: Downloading and Installing Bootstrap Hour 3: Build Your First Bootstrap Website with the Basic Template Hour 4: Understanding Normalize.CSS and the Basics of Bootstrap CSS Part Building and Managing Web Pages with Bootstrap Hour 5: Grids and How to Use Them Hour 6: Labels, Badges, Panels, Wells, and the Jumbotron Hour 7: Bootstrap Typography Hour 8: Styling Tables Hour 9: Styling Forms Hour 10: Images, Media Objects, and Glyphicons Hour 11: Styling and Using Buttons and Button Groups Hour 12: Creating Navigation Systems with Bootstrap Hour 13: Bootstrap Utilities Part Bootstrap JavaScript Plugins Hour 14: Using Bootstrap JavaScript Plugins Hour 15: Modal Windows Hour 16: Affix, Tab, and ScrollSpy Hour 17: Popovers and Tooltips Hour 18: Transitions, Buttons, Alerts, and Progress Bars Hour 19: Collapse and Accordion Hour 20: Carousels Part Customizing Bootstrap Hour 21: Customizing Bootstrap and Your Bootstrap Website Hour 22: Making Bootstrap Accessible Hour 23: Using Less and Sass with Bootstrap Hour 24: Going Further with Bootstrap

432 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 2014

About the author

Jennifer weaves code by day and stories by night. When she's not crafting digital experiences or penning tales like her latest novel Digital Dryad, she can be found surrounded by the menagerie of animals on her small farm outside Seattle.

Her first novel, Digital Dryad, came out in 2025. Her short fiction has appeared in Meniscus Journal and the DreamPunk Press Anthology Blame It On the Pumpkin, while her expertise in web design and development has led to seven technical books and various video courses. A lifelong lover of fantasy and science fiction, Jennifer writes daily in her writing shed, a fresh, black coffee close at hand in her purple Yeti.