What is Bootstrap
What is Bootstrap
Bootstrap is a powerful front-end framework for faster and easier web development. It includes HTML and CSS based design templates for common user interface components like Typography, Forms, Buttons, Tables, Navigations, Dropdowns, Alerts, Modals, Tabs, Accordion, Carousel and many others as well as optional JavaScript extensions.
History of Bootstrap
Bootstrap was developed by Mark Otto and Jacob Thornton at Twitter. It was released as an open source product in August 2011 on GitHub.
Why use Bootstrap
The Followings are the main advantage of Bootstrap:
- It is very easy to use. Anybody having basic knowledge of HTML and CSS can use Bootstrap.
- It facilitates users to develop a responsive website.
- It is compatible with most of browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari and Opera etc.
What Bootstrap Package Contains
Scaffolding: Bootstrap provides a basic structure with Grid System, link styles, and background.
CSS: Bootstrap comes with the feature of global CSS settings, fundamental HTML element's style and an advanced grid system.
Components: Bootstrap contains a lot of reusable components built to provide iconography, dropdowns, navigation, alerts, pop-overs, and much more.
JavaScript Plugins: Bootstrap also contains a lot of custom jQuery plugins. You can easily include them all, or one by one.
Customize: Bootstrap components are customizable and you can customize Bootstrap's components, LESS variables, and jQuery plugins to get your own style.