Learning Bootstrap 4 - Second Edition - Softcover

Lambert, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785881000 ISBN 13: 9781785881008

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Unearth the potential of Bootstrap 4 to create highly responsive and beautiful websites using modern web techniques About This Book • This book shows how to take advantage of the all new features introduced in Bootstrap • Learn responsive web design and discover how to build mobile-ready websites with ease • Find out how to extend the capabilities of Bootstrap with a huge range of tools and plugins, including jQuery, • Do more with JavaScript and learn how to create an enhanced user experience Who This Book Is For If you want to learn to build enterprise-level websites efficiently with Bootstrap, this book is for you. You must have a basic and fundamental understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; however, there is no need to have prior Bootstrap experience. What You Will Learn • Fire up Bootstrap and set up the required build tools to get started • See how and when to use Flexbox with the Bootstrap layouts • Find out how to make your websites responsive, keeping in mind Mobile First design • Work with content such as tables and figures • Play around with the huge variety of components that Bootstrap offers • Extend your build using plugins developed from JavaScript • Use Sass to customize your existing themes In Detail Bootstrap, the most popular front-end framework built to design elegant, powerful, and responsive interfaces for professional-level web pages has undergone a major overhaul. Bootstrap 4 introduces a wide range of new features that make front-end web design even simpler and exciting. In this gentle and comprehensive book, we'll teach you everything that you need to know to start building websites with Bootstrap 4 in a practical way. You'll learn about build tools such as Node, Grunt, and many others. You'll also discover the principles of mobile-first design in order to ensure your pages can fit any screen size and meet the responsive requirements. Learn to play with Bootstrap's grid system and base CSS to ensure your designs are robust and that your development process is speedy and efficient. Then, you'll find out how you can extend your current build with some cool JavaScript Plugins, and throw in some Sass to spice things up and customize your themes. This book will make sure you're geared up and ready to build amazingly beautiful and responsive websites in a jiffy. Style and approach With the help of several real-world examples and code, this book will teach you to build a full-featured responsive website in Bootstrap, which is mobile-ready.

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About the Author

Matt Lambert is a designer and developer with more than 16 years of experience. He currently works full-time as a senior product designer for CA Technologies in Vancouver, BC, 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 on the side. To date, Matt has self-published three additional development books titled: Mastering Bootstrap, CSS3 Handbook, and the Freelance Startup Guide. He is also the author of Bootstrap Site Blueprints Volume II, Packt Publishing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785881000
• ISBN 13: 9781785881008
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 246