Bootstrap Site Blueprints Volume II: Maximize the potential of Bootstrap for faster and more responsive web applications: 2 - Softcover

Lambert, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785281097 ISBN 13: 9781785281099

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Maximize the potential of Bootstrap with a collection of real-world site projects for better, faster, more responsive web applications

Key Features

• Build Bootstrap projects quickly and easily with Harp.js, Node, and Less
• Learn how to extend Bootstrap with the use of open source JavaScript and icon web font libraries
• Get acquainted with building complex social networking, wiki, and dashboard projects with Bootstrap

Book Description

Bootstrap is the most popular open source project on GitHub today. With a little bit of know-how, this massively popular CSS framework can leveraged for any type of complex web application or website. Bootstrap Site Blueprints Volume II will teach you to build these types of projects in an easy-to-understand fashion.

The key to any complex Bootstrap project is a strong development foundation for your project. The book will first teach you how to build a Bootstrap development environment using Harp.js, Node, and Less. In the next chapters, we'll build on this foundation by creating restaurant and mobile-first aggregator projects. Once you're warmed up, we'll move on to more complex projects such as a wiki, a new magazine, a dashboard, and finally a social networking website. Whether you are brand new to Bootstrap or a seasoned expert, this book will provide you with the skills you need to successfully create a number of popular web applications and websites.

What you will learn

• Customize and extend existing Bootstrap JavaScript components
• Combine the Google Material Design look and feel with Bootstrap
• Use flexbox and other cutting-edge CSS3 techniques in Bootstrap
• Implement and customize open source JavaScript chart libraries in Bootstrap
• Optimize and implement an optimal user experience for all your projects
• Implement the Disqus commenting platform into your projects

Table of Contents

1. Advanced Bootstrap Development Tools
2. Building a Restaurant Website
3. Mobile First Bootstrap
4. Bootstrap Wiki
5. Bootstrap News Magazine
6. Bootstrap Dashboard
7. Bootstrap Social Network

About this title

About the Author

Matt Lambert is a designer and developer with more than 15 years of experience. He currently works full time as a senior software engineer for CA Technologies in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In his free time, he is an author, artist, and musician. In 2005, Matt founded Cardeo Creative, which is a small web design studio based in Vancouver. He works with a select list of clients on a part-time basis while producing his own products side by side. To date, Matt has self-published three additional development books titled Mastering Bootstrap, CSS3 Handbook, and the Freelance Startup Guide.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785281097
• ISBN 13: 9781785281099
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328