The Joy of Bootstrap: A smarter way to learn the world's most popular web framework

by Alan Forbes

How to build awesome browser applications that scale to mobile devices, even if you've never programmed before. Do you want to build browser applications that make people say "wow!" when they see it? Of course you do! I do too. How about apps that look great on a mobile device and size automatically for different screens? Yep, I want that too. Twitter Bootstrap is the tool for you. Designed for everyone, everywhere. Bootstrap is a framework that makes front-end web development faster and easier. A couple of guys at Twitter invented it and later made it open source. Other people have joined in and it is now in it's third major release. Bootstrap is great for people of all skill levels, devices of all shapes, and projects of all sizes. But there aren't really enough good books out there to help you learn Bootstrap if you're new to it..until now. The Joy of Bootstrap My books don't cover every function and nuance-- those books are too much like bricks for my taste-- instead my books are relatively thin with the goal to launch you into a subject as quickly as possible and empower you with the basics right away. The book will have tons of source code which you can tweak and play with on the companion website The book will walk you through the code and explain how it works. We'll also continue to use the successful metaphor of "Sam's Used Cars" , a fictional web site that's also made appearances in my other books to give you a context in which to learn along. We'll take a plain and boring HTML website and bring it to life with Bootstrap. By the end you'll be able to do this too!

Genres: Reference

118 pages, Paperback

First published August 6, 2014

Reviews

[Nick Barnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just what you need to get started

Loved it. Had some knowledge but this brings it all together and makes it gel. Simple, easy to follow, and doesn’t assume you have the brains of a Turing. Highly recommend.

[Amol Jadhav · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good for beginners

Id you don't know anything about bootstrap or if you want to quickly revise important concepts of bootstrap framework, you can read this.

[Lisa · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book requires you to sit at a computer to view the examples. It has the code, but you have to go to his website to see what it actually does. I am not a fan - I could just learn on the computer, but I opted for a book. It just doesn't work.

There is very little explanation given for what the code does (or means). He gives very simplistic explanations ("nav bars are used on many websites") and then jumps into a block of code without explaining what the parts do. And then, if you want to see what it does, you have to go to his site.

[Clinton Triou · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not much insight

This book was very dry. It's a paraphrasing of the Bootstrap documentation, without the pictures or unique thoughts that help someone learn. Also, the HTML was without any indentation, at least in this Kindle version. I kept thinking it would get better. Sadly, it didn't.

[Micowendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

good book

I like this book. Not to many detail, but enough information to know bootstrap. The companion website is very usefull too, but need more synchrone book and the web.

[Jio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great resourse and customer support!

I have been studying Web Development technologies for a year now and downloaded your book to get a better handle on Bootstrap. I can't wait to apply the information you provided in your book to my next web site. Specifically, the Jumbotron carousel and progress bar.