Learning Bootstrap - Modern, Elegant and Responsive Web Design Made Easy

by Aravind Shenoy, Ulrich Sossou

Key FeaturesLearn responsive web design and discover how to build mobile-ready websites with easeFind out how to extend the capabilities of Bootstrap with a huge range of tools and plugins, including jQueryDo more with JavaScript and learn how to create an enhanced user experienceBook DescriptionWant elegant, powerful, and responsive interfaces for professional level web pages? You’ll need to get to grips with Bootstrap, the simple front-end framework designed to support your development of dynamic sites. With this gentle and comprehensive tutorial book you’ll learn everything you need to know to start building websites with Bootstrap in a practical way. Get stuck in as you discover the principles of mobile-first design to ensure your pages can adapt to fit any screen size and meet the responsive requirements of the modern age. Go hands-on with Bootstrap’s grid system and base CSS to ensure your designs are robust and beautiful, and that your development process is speedy and efficient.

With nothing more than a simple grasp of HTML, CSS and JavaScript, you’ll know everything you need to know to explore concepts such as components, jQuery plugins, and other unique features that make Bootstrap amazing. Take advantage of the great wealth of third-party resources, themes, and templates created by the huge and passionate Bootstrap community by getting to grips with the potential of the Bootstrap technical hub. Use JavaScript to enhance the experience of users of your website by doing more with Bootstrap plugins. Throughout, get practical experience as you construct a kickass and current interface for an e-commerce website project.

Learning Bootstrap is the essential resource you need to streamline your web design experience and customise Bootstrap to allow your own creativity and imagination to show through on the pages you create.

What you will learnEmpower yourself with Bootstrap’s mobile-first paradigm for create elegant responsive sitesCustomize Bootstrap to work for your individual needs right from installationIntegrate LESS and get familiar with Base CSS to make your web pages beautifulGet hands-on with Bootstrap’s grid system and custom components for building robust and responsive pagesDiscover jQuery plugins for improving the user experience of your Bootstrap siteExplore and implement the wealth of resources available for building with Bootstrap through the Bootstrap technical hubPut theory into practice by constructing an e-commerce site using modern web development techniquesAbout the authorsAravind Shenoy is an in-house author at Packt Publishing. An engineering graduate from the Manipal Institute of Technology, his core interests lie in technical writing, web designing, and software testing.

Ulrich Sossou is an experienced software engineer and entrepreneur with a passion for solving problems. He enjoys helping individuals and businesses frame difficult issues in ways that foster the emergence of the best outcomes for them and/or their businesses.

Table of ContentsGetting Started with BootstrapInstalling and Customizing BootstrapUsing the Bootstrap GridUsing the Base CSSAdding Bootstrap ComponentsDoing More with ComponentsEnhancing User Experience with JavaScriptBootstrap Technical Hub - A One-Stop Shop for Powerful Bootstrap Utilities

206 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 23, 2014

About the author

A Content Specialist by profession, Aravind Shenoy’s core interests are Web Design, Marketing, Content Writing, Content Development, and Business Analysis. A music buff - he loves listening to Alternative, Electronic, and Techno-industrial stuff. ATB, Massive Attack, The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Darude, Fragma, Bomfunk MC's, and Jamiroquai rule his playlists. An engineering graduate from the Manipal Institute of Technology and author of several books, he feels “The most important thing is to be happy - it’s all that matters. After all, we are here for a good time, not a long time".

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[Johan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Didn't live up to my expectations. I couldn't care less about LESS. You do not need LESS to make a responsive bootstrap website. When learning bootstrap you should focus on bootstrap and have a basic understanding of HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. Period. The books wastes too much space on LESS. The information in the chapters on bootstrap CSS and components is also available on the bootstrap website. As I only have basic knowledge of jQuery I had to look certain things to verify them and contrary to what the book claims you don't need the data-toggle attribute for ToolTips and PopUps.
I know a bit more about what you can do with bootstrap now, but they should have spend more time on the grid system and other features and a lot less on LESS.

[Dave Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a someone who is new to bootstrap and web dev as a whole, I find this book to be very useful. The examples and methods provided by the author are very easy to understand.
Basically if you are new to bootstrap then this book is a good way to start.

[Stephen · Rating 2 out of 5]

More of a manual than a learning guide, most of the information covered is available on the Bootstrap website. Overly verbose examples just reiterate the code rather than explain why to do something a certain way.

[Dgg32 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great way to learn bootstrap. Simple and full of examples. Nice.