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Bootstrap 4 By Example

You're reading from  Bootstrap 4 By Example

Product type Book
Published in Mar 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785288876
Pages 324 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages

Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Bootstrap 4 By Example
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Getting Started 2. Creating a Solid Scaffolding 3. Yes, You Should Go Mobile First 4. Applying the Bootstrap Style 5. Making It Fancy 6. Can You Build a Web App? 7. Of Course, You Can Build a Web App! 8. Working with JavaScript 9. Entering in the Advanced Mode 10. Bringing Components to Life 11. Making It Your Taste Index

Understanding the grid system


The basis of the Bootstrap framework relies in its grid system. Bootstrap offers components that allow us to structure a website in a responsive grid layout.

To exemplify this, imagine an electronic square sheet table that can be divided into many rows and columns, as shown in the following screenshot. In the table, you can create as many lines as you want while merging cells. But what would happen if you wanted to change the layout of a single row? That could be painful.

The Bootstrap grid system works in a different way. By letting you define a set of rows, each one having a set of independent columns, it allows you to build a solid grid system for your web page. Also, each column can have different sizes to perfectly fit your template.

This not being enough, the Bootstrap grid system adapts for every viewport and resolution, which we call responsiveness.

To start learning about the grid system, we will introduce it using the example of a landing page. As you...

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