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Bootstrap for ASP.NET MVC - Second Edition

By : Pieter van der Westhuizen
Book Image

Bootstrap for ASP.NET MVC - Second Edition

By: Pieter van der Westhuizen

Overview of this book

One of the leading open source frontend frameworks, Bootstrap has undergone a significant change and introduced several features that make designing compelling, next-generation UIs much simpler. Integrating Bootstrap with ASP.NET's powerful components can further enhance its capabilities. This book guides you through the process of creating an ASP.NET MVC website from scratch using Bootstrap. After a primer on the fundamentals of Bootstrap, you will learn your way around and create a new ASP.NET MVC project in Visual Studio. You will move on to learn about the various Bootstrap components as well as techniques to include them in your own projects. The book includes practical examples to show you how to use open-source plugins with Bootstrap and ASP.NET MVC and guides you through building an ASP.NET MVC website using Bootstrap, utilizing layout and user-interface components. At the end of this book, you will find some valuable tips and tricks to help you get the most out of your Bootstrap-integrated and ASP.NET MVC-integrated website.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Bootstrap for ASP.NET MVC Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Chapter 6.  Converting a Bootstrap HTML Template into a Usable ASP.NET MVC Project

One of the major benefits of using Bootstrap is the wide variety of resources available on the Internet. The web development community has embraced Bootstrap, and you'll find tons of valuable templates, snippets, and advice on using Bootstrap online.

By combining a predesigned Bootstrap template and ASP.NET MVC, you can save a lot of time without having to worry about site layout or design.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Why we use prebuilt HTML templates and how they will save time

  • Building the master layout

  • Adding specific page views

  • Including charts in your views