What is Bootstrap? Why I Love Bootstrap, and Why You Should Too

Bootstrap is the most popular CSS framework for developing mobile first responsive websites. writing plane CSS is fine but we often use similar chunks of code that we copy and paste from project to project. For most of developers use their own organized base CSS files to use as foundation for their projects. This method works but it is not the best way to get things done specially their are fast and easy ways out there. Specially with rise of mobile and tablet devices, making responsive websites and keep it up with the latest technologies is time consuming and challenging.

To solve all of those challenges we can use CSS frameworks. We now have dozens of CSS frameworks among them bootstrap is the most popular framework out there. This framework is created by former Twitter employees Mark Otto and Jacob Thornton. In simple terms, Bootstrap is a giant collection of reusable code written in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Its also front-end development framework that enables developers & designers to quickly build fully responsive websites.

Most important thing is that It's FREE

Any one can got to official Bootstrap website and stating using it, bootstrap website provide fully completed documentation so it is very easy to get along with it.

There are several ways you can include bootstrap into your project.

Download Bootstrap css and javascript files from bootstrap website.

this is good if when you are in development environment because you can use boostrap even when you are offline but when you deploy website to production it's always good to use cnd.

install using npm, Composser or Meteor.

use cdn provided by bootstrap website

Looking to quickly add Bootstrap to your project? use BootstrapCDN

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Here Are Few Reasons To Get Start With Bootstrap

Saves time and easy to use

Using bootstrap you can save a lot of time. You don't have to spend time writing code most of the time. You can use bootstrap bootstrap predefined template or you can build template using bootstrap components, CSS classes. All you need to have is simple HTML, CSS understanding.

Bootstrap is customizable

Bootstrap offers many ways to customize your website so that you can make your own unique looking websites. You can even select what you want want to include from bootstrap by going here.

Great grid system

Creating page layout need to have good grid. Bootstrap provide this one of the best responsive, mobile grid system. You can customize deep in to bootstrap grid system like when you want to separate content when need and when need to have block bootstrap provides classes for all.

Bootstrap Javascript

You want more than just predefined CSS classes, try bootstrap jQuery. bootstrap-jQuery gives you more interactivity by offering popups, models, image carousels, scrollspy

Open-source and large community

One of main reason to use bootstrap is that it is open source hosted in github. Bootstrap has a large community of designers and developers behind it. Being hosted in github make it easy to developers to modify and contribute to bootstrap codebase.

Bootstrap has its own Twitter Page, Bootstrap Blog. This makes bootstrap use very easy and flexible because you can always find solution if you have problem when using bootstrap.

Documentation

Bootstrap have one of best rich documentation when it comes to frameworks. They have provided component base examples right along with code all you have to do is just copy paste and just little customization and you are good to go.

Responsiveness

Website we build these days must be responsive because people use verity of different devices with screen sizes. Responsiveness is one of bootstraps main characteristic which developers love to use bootstrap.

Conclusion

In the all we want is rich looking highly responsive website in my opinion bootstrap is one of best way to achieve this but their can be use cases which it is not going to match with your requirements and also their are other reasons too but choosing right one is always up to developers which depends on the requirements.

"The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it." - Dennis Ritchie

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