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- English
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Learning Bootstrap
About this book
This book will help you harness the powerful facets of the Bootstrap toolkit and streamline your web designing experience. You'll get started with the initial download and customization and a brief introduction to LESS, then move on to learn about the Grid system and Base CSS, which is tailor-made for quicker and more robust web design. Learn about components, jQuery plugins, and other unique features that make Bootstrap an amazing utility to create remarkable web pages. Get to grips with the Bootstrap technical hub, which hosts the third-party resources, themes, and templates that enhance Bootstrap. By the end of the book, you will learn how to build a powerful and trendy e-commerce website that will help you with the practical implementation of Bootstrap.
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Learning Bootstrap
Table of Contents
Learning Bootstrap
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Getting Started with Bootstrap
Mobile-first design
Why Bootstrap
Summary
2. Installing and Customizing Bootstrap
Including Bootstrap in your HTML file
The Bootstrap CDN
Overriding with custom CSS
Using the Bootstrap customizer
Deep customization of Bootstrap
Downloading the Bootstrap source code
Compiling LESS files
Using SimpLESS to compile LESS files
Using WinLess to compile LESS files
Using the command line to compile LESS files
Putting it all together
Summary
3. Using the Bootstrap Grid
Using the Bootstrap Grid classes
Adding rows and columns
Customizing the grid for small devices
Adding offsets to columns
Pulling and pushing columns
Nesting columns
Using the Bootstrap variables and mixins
Bootstrap Grid variables
Bootstrap Grid mixins
Creating a blog layout with the Bootstrap Grid mixins and variables
Styling the blog
Summary
4. Using the Base CSS
Implementing the Bootstrap Base CSS
Headings
Body copy
Typographic elements
Emphasis inline elements
Alignment classes
Emphasis classes
Addresses
Blockquotes
Abbreviations
Lists
Tables
Basic styling
Buttons
Forms
Inline forms
Horizontal forms
Code
Images
Font families
Sans-serif font family
Serif font family
Monospace font family
Font sizes
Font sizes variables
Font sizes for headings
Customizing the Base CSS using LESS variables
Summary
5. Adding Bootstrap Components
Components and their usage
Glyphicons
Nav tabs
Nav pills
Justified tabs and pills
Dropdowns
Navbar
Breadcrumbs
Summary
6. Doing More with Components
Components to streamline your web designing projects
Jumbotron
Page header
Wells
Badges
Labels
Progress bars
Panels
Thumbnails
Pagination
List groups
Button groups
The button toolbar
Split button dropdowns
Justifying button groups
Checkbox and radio buttons
Alerts
Media objects
Responsive scalable embed
Summary
7. Enhancing User Experience with JavaScript
Streamlining your projects with official plugins
Tooltips
Popovers
Accordion
ScrollSpy
Modals
Carousels
Summary
8. Bootstrap Technical Hub – A One-stop Shop for Powerful Bootstrap Utilities
Themes and templates
Open source themes and templates
Commercial themes and templates
Ready-made resources and plugins
Font Awesome
Social Buttons for Bootstrap
Bootstrap Magic
Jasny Bootstrap
Fuel UX
Bootsnipp
Bootdey
BootBundle
Start Bootstrap
Development tools and editors
Bootply
LayoutIt
UI Bootstrap
Kickstrap
ShoeStrap
StrapPress
Summernote
Official Bootstrap resources
Bootlint
Bootstrap with SaaS
Bootstrap Expo
Summary
Index
Learning Bootstrap
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First published: December 2014
Production reference: 1171214
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ISBN 978-1-78216-184-4
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Credits
Authors
Aravind Shenoy
Ulrich Sossou
Reviewers
Ravi Kumar Gupta
Harsh Raval
Fred Sarmento
Acquisition Editor
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Content Development Editor
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Technical Editors
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Indexer
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Production Coordinator
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Cover Work
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About the Authors
Aravind 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. He was born, and is based, in Mumbai, India. A music buff, he loves listening to Oasis, R.E.M, The Doors, Dire Straits, and U2. Rock n' Roll and Rap rule his playlists. He is also the author of several other books such as Thinking in HTML and Hadoop Explained, both by Packt Publishing. You can find out more about him on the Amazon Author Central page at http://www.amazon.com/Aravind-Shenoy/e/B00ITSR2WE.
He can be contacted at
<[email protected]>. 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.
His first experience with technology came at age 8 in his uncle's computer repair shop, where he played with early versions of personal computers, such as the Macintosh Classic. Since then, he has gained valuable experience in software engineering, architecture, and design as well as marketing and sales, and he has developed the overall skill set required to run a software business.
When he's not working on open source projects or coaching less...
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