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Learning Bootstrap 4

Learning Bootstrap 4 - Second Edition

By : Lambert
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Learning Bootstrap 4

Learning Bootstrap 4

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By: Lambert
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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 (10 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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Customer support
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1. Introducing Bootstrap 4
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1. Introducing Bootstrap 4
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Introducing Bootstrap
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Summary
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2. Using Bootstrap Build Tools
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2. Using Bootstrap Build Tools
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Different types of tools
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Download the Bootstrap source files
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Setting up the blog project
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Setting up the JSON files
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Creating our first page template
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Summary
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3. Jumping into Flexbox
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3. Jumping into Flexbox
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Flexbox basics and terminology
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Ordering your Flexbox
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Wrapping your Flexbox
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Setting up the Bootstrap Flexbox layout grid
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Setting up a Flexbox project
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Designing a single blog post
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Summary
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4. Working with Layouts
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4. Working with Layouts
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Working with containers
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Inserting rows into your layout
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Adding columns to your layout
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Choosing a column class
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Creating a simple three-column layout
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Mixing column classes for different devices
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Coding the blog home page
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Using responsive utility classes
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Summary
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5. Working with Content
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5. Working with Content
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Reboot defaults and basics
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Learning to use typography
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Customizing headings
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How to style images
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Coding tables
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Summary
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6. Playing with Components
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6. Playing with Components
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Using the button component
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Basic button examples
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Creating outlined buttons
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Checkbox and radio buttons
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Coding forms in Bootstrap 4
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Creating an inline form
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Adding validation to inputs
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Using the Jumbotron component
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Adding the Label component
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Using the Alerts component
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Using Cards for layout
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Updating the Blog index page
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How to use the Navs component
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Adding Breadcrumbs to a page
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Using the Pagination component
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How to use the List Group component
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7. Extending Bootstrap with JavaScript Plugins
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7. Extending Bootstrap with JavaScript Plugins
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Coding a Modal dialog
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Coding Tooltips
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Avoiding collisions with our components
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Using Popover components
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Using the Collapse component
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Coding an Accordion with the Collapse component
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Coding a Bootstrap Carousel
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8. Throwing in Some Sass
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8. Throwing in Some Sass
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Learning the basics of Sass
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Using Sass in the blog project
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Importing partials in Sass
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Creating a collection of variables
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Customizing components
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Writing a theme
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9. Migrating from Version 3
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9. Migrating from Version 3
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Browser support
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Big changes in version 4
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Updating your variables
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Additional global changes
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Other font updates
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Migrating components
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Migrating JavaScript
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Miscellaneous migration changes
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Other font updates

The trend for a long while has been to make text on a screen larger and easier to read for all users. In the past, we used tons of small typefaces that might have looked cool but were hard to read for anyone visually challenged. To that end, the base font-size for Bootstrap has been changed from 14px to 16px. This is also the standard size for most browsers and makes the readability of text better. Again, from a migration standpoint, you'll need to review your components to ensure they still look correct with the increased font size. You may need to make some changes if you have components that were based on the 14px default font-size in Bootstrap 3.

New grid size

With the increased use of mobile devices, Bootstrap 4 includes a new smaller grid tier for small screen devices. The new grid tier is called extra small and is configured for devices under 480px in width. For the migration story this shouldn't have a big effect. What it does do is allow you a new breakpoint if...

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