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1. 10/5/2014 What Is Bootstrap? - Web Development - Programming
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What Is Bootstrap? by Abhijit Jadhav
in Web Development / Programming (submitted 2014-09-15)
Bootstrap is a framework for developing websites and web based application that run smoothly on all devices like,
desktops, laptops, smartphones & tablets. Its a "Mobile First" platform for development of web apps that can run on all
devices sizes.
Bootstrap is an open-source Javascript framework developed by the team at Twitter. It is a combination of HTML, CSS,
and Javascript code designed to help build user interface components. Bootstrap was also programmed to support both
HTML5 and CSS3.
More about the framework:
Bootstrap is a responsive design framework that helps develop static websites with ease. It makes the development
process simple. The designer now has to only implement the ready made CSS classes on to the web page. The rest is
taken care of by Boot strap framework. To get more robust results, bootstrap can be used with content management
systems -- CMS, like Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress etc to further utilize its capacity. The back end can be managed by these
CMS platforms, while bootstrap can take care of the front end of the website. The popularity of this mobile first
framework can be seen on site like oDesk, Freelance and eLance, where there is a great demand for boot strap developers.
Who uses Bootstrap:
It is used by state governments, multinational companies, NGOs, United Nations and more. The reason for this because it
is open-source, reliable and flexible. Boot strap is currently running with more than 500,000 website across world wide
web -- www.
History of Bootstrap:
Created by the team at Twitter in middle of 2010. The open-source Bootstrap framework was called Twitter Blueprint.
After a few months into development, Twitter held the first Hack week, the project was introduced and become an instant
hit. Developers from all sphere started using it without having any training. Initially, for a year it was used as a style
guide for the internal projects of the company, until it was released in August 2011. After 2011 release, Bootstrap has had
twenty small updates that include the two major updates of v2 and v3. In v2 responsive framework was added as a
separate style sheet with options to utilize it for mobile devices. In v3, the framework was made responsive by default
with a mobile first approach.
Today Twitter Bootstrap is the most preferred front-end development platform with HTML5 and CSS3 supported.
Developer utilize it for development of websites, web apps and other web based modules.
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2. 10/5/2014 What Is Bootstrap? - Web Development - Programming
Abhijit Jadhav is a
Website Developer who works on Open source project. He provide
Bootstrap Framework Development. His Bootstrap services are renowned in the industry.
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