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Mastering Bootstrap 4 - Second Edition

By : Benjamin Jakobus
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Mastering Bootstrap 4 - Second Edition

By: Benjamin Jakobus

Overview of this book

Bootstrap 4 is a free CSS and JavaScript framework that allows developers to rapidly build responsive web interfaces. This book will help you use and adapt Bootstrap to produce enticing websites that fit your needs. You will build a customized Bootstrap website from scratch, using various approaches to customize the framework with increasing levels of skill. You will get to grips with Bootstrap's key features and quickly discover various ways in which Bootstrap can help you develop web interfaces. Then take a walk through the fundamental features, such as its grid system, global styles, helper classes, and responsive utilities. When you have mastered these, you will discover how to structure page layouts, utilize Bootstrap's various navigation components, use forms, and style different types of content. Among other things, you will also tour the anatomy of a Bootstrap plugin, create your own custom components, and extend Bootstrap using jQuery. You will also understand what utility classes Bootstrap 4 has to offer, and how you can use them effectively to speed up the development of your website. Finally, you will discover how to optimize your website and integrate it with third-party frameworks. By the end of this book, you will have a thorough knowledge of the framework's ins and outs, and will be able to build highly customizable and optimized web interfaces.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Contributors

About the authors

Benjamin Jakobus graduated with a BSc in computer science from University College Cork and obtained an MSc in advanced computing from Imperial College, London. As a software engineer, he has worked on various web development projects across Europe and Brazil.

To Inaê Lucato Debroi, for your love. To Marina Barrenne De Artagão Quental, for all your kindness and support. To Eduardo Quental, for giving me so much of your time.

Jason Marah is VP of engineering at Teckro. Jason is a University College Cork alumnus, graduating with a BSc in computer science. Jason has worked as a full-stack engineer, specializing in JavaScript on various projects around Europe.

To Heather, for so much love, support and understanding. To my family and friends for the never ending encouragement.

About the reviewer

Alfonso has strong experience and a wide-ranging knowledge base of web development. He has been working almost 20 years for many company sizes, teams, and industries. He fights for best practices, performance, scalability, and Test Driven Development. He’s currently working as technical lead for Aer Lingus, Ireland.

I’d like to give a big thanks to Benjamin Jakobus and Jason Marah, who were a delight to work and collaborate with, and a very special thanks to my wife, Ana, for being a great pillar of support while I worked on the book.

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