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Bass Jobsen
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Bass Jobsen has been programming the web since 1995, ranging from C to PHP. He has a special interest in the processes between designer and programmer. He works on the accessibility of Bootstrap and his JBST WordPress starters theme. With over 5 years of experience with Bootstrap, Bass has been actively contributing to the community with his blogs and Git repos.
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Using Semantic UI with Less


Semantic can be used to build the frontends too. Just like Bootstrap, it contains the CSS components and modules. Components have been split into elements, collections, and views. Modules require not only CSS, but also JavaScript.

Semantic's name already implies that it pays attention to the semantics of HTML 5. It is also tag-agnostic, which means that you can use any HTML tags with the UI elements.

In the following code, you will find an HTML example that shows how Semantic is intended to be used:

<main class="ui three column grid">
  <aside class="column">1</aside>
  <section class="column">2</section>
  <section class="column">3</section>
</main>

You can easily install npm in the Semantic UI by running the following command:

> npm install semantic-ui

The Semantic UI uses Gulp to build a code. The Gulp build chain not only builds your code, but also offers you watch tasks. The Semantic UI uses Less and offers you...

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Bass Jobsen has been programming the web since 1995, ranging from C to PHP. He has a special interest in the processes between designer and programmer. He works on the accessibility of Bootstrap and his JBST WordPress starters theme. With over 5 years of experience with Bootstrap, Bass has been actively contributing to the community with his blogs and Git repos.
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