Meet Bootstrap, the one-stop shop for designing sleek, mobile-ready websites with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. It’s an open-source, responsive design framework, featuring a grid-based layout system, web-ready icons you can incorporate into your designs, fully functional navigation, and much more. Join Jen Kramer for a quick overview of all of the goodies in Bootstrap, and then learn how to customize the grid, override the CSS to customize your site, and leverage Bootstrap’s stylish built-in JavaScript effects. Once you’re prepared to test your knowledge, you can take the hands-on challenges offered by Jen.
Topics include:
Downloading and installing Bootstrap
Understanding the Bootstrap file structure
Exploring the 12-column grid
Changing column width and order
Styling buttons, images, and tables
Overriding core CSS
Creating a thumbnail gallery
Adding JavaScript effects, like dropdown menus, tabs, accordions, and more