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by Jennifer Kyrnin (Author)
Learn to create great-looking responsive web sites with Bootstrap
In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Bootstrap in 24 Hours helps you use the free and open source Bootstrap framework to quickly build websites that automatically reflect each user's device and experience, without complex hand crafting. This book's straightforward, step-by-step approach shows you how to install Bootstrap and quickly build basic sites; extend them with styles, components, and JavaScript plug-ins, and even create sophisticated designs with advanced features. In just a few hours, you'll be using Bootstrap to bring responsive design to virtually any site. Every lesson builds on what you've already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success.
- Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Bootstrap development tasks
- Practical, hands-on examples show you how to apply what you learn
- Quizzes and exercises help you test your knowledge and stretch your skills
- Notes and tips point out shortcuts and solution
- Download Bootstrap and integrate it into your project
- Quickly build your first Bootstrap site with the basic template
- Create beautiful and responsive site layouts with Bootstrap's built-in grids
- Display more interesting text with labels, badges, panels, and wells
- Style tables and forms so they're attractive, readable, and responsive
- Use images, media, and icons, including free Glyphicons
- Quickly create navigation and buttons, including dropdowns and search fields
- Add alignment, color, and visibility with Bootstrap's CSS utilities
- Extend your site with alerts, image carousels, and other JavaScript plugins
- Rapidly create appealing functional prototypes
- Customize Bootstrap with CSS, Less, and Sass
- Lighten Bootstrap downloads by stripping out unnecessary features
- Build accessible sites
- Create complex designs that don't look generic
- Those who already have an understanding of the basics of HTML and CSS
- Having an understanding of JavaScript will make this book a bit easier to absorb, but it is not required because the basics of JavaScript are covered
Author Biography
Jennifer Kyrnin has been teaching HTML, XML, and Web design online since 1997. She has built and maintained websites of all sizes from small, single-page brochure sites to large, million-page databased sites for international audiences. She focuses on responsive design using Bootstrap and WordPress. She lives with her husband and son and numerous animals on a small farm in Washington state.
