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Learning Bootstrap 4 - Second Edition

By : Matt Lambert
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Learning Bootstrap 4 - Second Edition

By: Matt Lambert

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Learning Bootstrap 4 - Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Introducing Bootstrap 4

Chapter 3. Jumping into Flexbox

Alright, now that we have finished setting up all the Bootstrap build tools, let's jump into an actual great new feature of Bootstrap 4. The latest version of the framework comes with CSS Flexbox support. The goal of the Flexbox layout module is to create a more effective way of designing a layout for a website or web application. The grid of boxes is aligned in a way that distributes them across their container even if their size is unknown. This is where the "Flex" in Flexbox comes from.

The motivation for a flexible box arose from a web design for mobiles. A way to have a section grow or shrink to best fill the available space was needed when building responsive web applications or websites. Flexbox is the opposite of block layouts that are either vertically or horizontally driven. It's important to note that Flexbox is generally best suited for use when designing web applications. The traditional grid method still works best for larger websites.

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