Your First Week With Bootstrap

by Syed Fazle Rahman, Maria Antonietta Perna, Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski, Ahmed Bouchefra, Craig Watson

Overview

Bootstrap stands as one of the most popular, open-source, front-end frameworks on the Web. Since its official release in 2011, it has undergone several changes, and it's now one of the most stable and responsive frameworks available. It's loved by web developers of all levels, as it gives them the capability to build a functional, attractive website design within minutes. A novice developer with just some basic knowledge of HTML and little CSS can easily get started with Bootstrap.

In this book we'll take you through Bootstrap basics, introduce you to its major features, and get you building your first Bootstrap sites. It contains:

• Why I Love Bootstrap, and Why You Should Too by Syed Fazle Rahman
• Understanding Bootstrap: How it Works, and What's New by Syed Fazle Rahman
• Super Smart New Features to Win You Over by Maria Antonietta Perna
• Understanding Bootstrap Modals by Syed Fazle Rahman
• A Deep Dive into the Bootstrap Form Component by Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski
• The Card Component: a Complete Introduction by Ahmed Bouchefra
• How to Build a Responsive Type Scale with Bootstrap by Craig Watson
• A Beginner's Guide to the Latest Bootstrap Utility Classes by Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski
• 3 Tips for Speeding Up Your Bootstrap Website by Maria Antonietta Perna
• Customizing Bootstrap jQuery Plugins by Maria Antonietta Perna
• 8 Tips for Improving Bootstrap Accessibility by Rhiana Heath
• Front-end Frameworks: Custom vs Ready-to-use Solutions by Ivaylo Gerchev

This book is for all frontend developers who want to build responsive, mobile-first websites. You'll need to be familiar with HTML and CSS and have a reasonable level of understanding of JavaScript in order to follow the discussion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492068488
Publisher:	SitePoint
Publication date:	08/01/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	156
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Web Designer with over 6 years of experience, including user experience and front end development. Currently, CEO and Co-Founder of Hashnode, a network of software developers. Has published two books: Jump Start Bootstrap and Jump Start Foundation for SitePoint Premium.

Maria Antonietta Perna is co-Editor of the HTML/CSS Channel at SitePoint and a front-end web developer. She enjoys tinkering with cool CSS standards and is curious about teaching approaches to front-end code. When not coding for the web or not writing for the web, she enjoys philosophy books, long walks and good food.

Ilya Bodrov is personal IT teacher, a senior engineer working at Campaigner LLC, author and teaching assistant at Sitepoint and lecturer at Moscow Aviations Institute. His primary programming languages are Ruby (with Rails) and JavaScript. He enjoys coding, teaching people and learning new things. Ilya also has some Cisco and Microsoft certificates and was working as a tutor in an educational center for a couple of years. In his free time he tweets, writes posts for his website, participates in OpenSource projects, goes in for sports and plays music.

Ahmed is a web entrepreneur, developer, digital marketer and blogger. He writes about software and website development, money-making tips, SEO and more.

Web Developer with a passion for learning front-end development, a slight addiction to Bootstrap and an avid user of WordPress. When I can drag myself away from the code I like spending time with my wife and young son as well as sneaking in the odd round of golf.

Ivaylo Gerchev is a self-taught web developer/designer. He loves to play with HTML, CSS, jQuery, PHP, and WordPress, as well as Photoshop and Illustrator. Ivaylo's motto is "Minimum effort for maximum effect!"