{"id":4661,"date":"2021-03-26T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T09:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/uncategorized\/what-is-bootstrap-a-beginners-guide\/"},"modified":"2023-02-02T11:39:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T10:39:57","slug":"what-is-bootstrap-a-beginners-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/careerfoundry.inbearbeitung.de\/en\/blog\/web-development\/what-is-bootstrap-a-beginners-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Bootstrap: A Beginner's Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a good few years now Bootstrap has become an essential a tool for frontend developers. For the rest of us, it’s just another coding buzzword<\/a> we don’t understand.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But what is Bootstrap, and how to web developers use it?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s find this out, and then take a closer look to see whether it\u2019s useful for your web development work.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to skip along to a certain section, simply use the clickable menu:<\/p>\n

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  1. What is Bootstrap?<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Why is Bootstrap the go-to for web developers?<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Why might you avoid Bootstrap?<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Wrapping it all up<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Are you ready? Then let’s get into it!<\/p>\n

    1. What is Bootstrap?<\/h2>\n

    The web app development toolkit<\/a> was created by former Twitter employees Mark Otto and Jacob Thornton (pictured).<\/p>\n

    \"The<\/p>\n

    The official Bootstrap website describes it as \u201cThe most popular HTML, CSS, and JS framework for developing responsive, mobile-first projects on the web.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Here\u2019s what that means in plainer terms:<\/p>\n

    Bootstrap is a giant collection of handy, reusable bits of code written in HTML<\/a>, CSS<\/a>, and JavaScript<\/a>. It\u2019s also a frontend development framework that enables developers and designers to quickly build fully responsive websites.<\/p>\n

    Essentially, Bootstrap saves you from writing lots of CSS code<\/strong>, giving you more time to spend on designing webpages.<\/p>\n

    It\u2019s also FREE! It\u2019s currently hosted on GitHub<\/a> and can be downloaded easily from\u00a0the official site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Now that we’ve looked at what exactly it is, let’s look at some other advantages it has for coders (on top of being free, naturally).<\/p>\n

    2. Why is Bootstrap the go-to for web developers?<\/h2>\n

    Let\u2019s break the advantages down into eight parts:<\/p>\n

    Its responsive grid<\/h3>\n

    No more spending hours coding your own grid\u2014Bootstrap comes with its own grid system predefined.<\/p>\n

    Now, you can get straight to filling your containers with content.<\/p>\n

    Defining custom breakpoints for each column is a snap using their extra small, small, medium, large, and extra large breaks. You can also simply stick to the default as it might already meet the needs of your site.<\/p>\n

    Its responsive images<\/h3>\n

    Bootstrap comes with its own code for automatically resizing images based on the current screen size. Just add the .img-responsive<\/strong><\/em> class to your images, and the predefined CSS rules take care of the rest.<\/p>\n

    Let Bootstrap resize your images for you!<\/p>\n

    It can even change the shape of your images with the addition of classes like img-<\/strong>circle<\/strong><\/em> and img-rounded<\/strong><\/em>, and that\u2019s without going back and forth between the code and your design software.<\/p>\n

    Its components<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Bootstrap comes with a whole barrelful of components you can easily tack onto your web page, including:<\/p>\n