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Learning Bootstrap 4: Modern, Elegant and Responsive Web Design Made Easy , Second Edition

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Learning Bootstrap 4

Chapter 2. Using Bootstrap Build Tools

In the previous chapter, we reviewed the process for setting up a basic Bootstrap template with the compiled framework files. What if you need to customize your Bootstrap build or you want to use additional development tools to make your life easier? This is possible through the use of a number of great tools. In this chapter, I'll show you how to install, set up, and use a number of build tools such as Node.js, Grunt.js, and Harp.js to extend Bootstrap and reveal the real power of the framework.

Different types of tools

When working with Bootstrap, there are really three types of tools you need to be aware of. The first two are Node.js and Grunt.js. These are build <ie>tools</ie> and they take the development framework files and build them into the final files that you want to include in the production version of your projects. You wouldn't include development files on your actual production web server, as they are tools. You want to compile your files into production-ready HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that a web server can read and a browser can translate into a website.

The second type of tool you might want to use is a static website generator such as Harp.js. I talked a little bit about Harp in the first chapter but I will review it again in a little more detail. The main advantages of using Harp are things such as variables and partials in HTML, and a reusable-template-based system for your pages that allows you to reuse code.

The final types of tool you can use...

Download the Bootstrap source files

To allow us to compile source files into production, we now need to download the Bootstrap source files and install them on our local machine. Head to the following URL and download the Bootstrap source files: http://v4-alpha.getbootstrap.com/getting-started/download/.

Once you've download the files, unzip the package and move the directory to where you want it to live on your computer. If you just want to leave it on the desktop for now, that is fine. You can safely move the project around before or after editing it. The next thing you need to do is install the project dependencies. First, navigate to the root of the download package in the Terminal. It will likely be called something like bootstrap-4.0.0-alpha.2. Once you are there, run the following command to install the files:

$ npm install

If you get any type of error, try including sudo at the beginning of the command.

Note

If you are using sudo, you'll likely be prompted for your system...

Setting up the blog project

As I mentioned earlier, we're going to be building a blog throughout this book as we learn to use Bootstrap 4. Let's start by creating a new directory and call it something like Bootstrap Blog. Open up that folder and create the following sub-directories inside it:

  • css
  • fonts
  • img
  • js
  • partial

css

The css directory will hold the Bootstrap framework's CSS file and a custom theme file which we'll build later on. Go to the Bootstrap source file directory and locate the dist/css folder. From there, copy bootstrap.min.css to our new blog project's css directory.

fonts

The fonts directory will hold either a font icon library such as Glyphicon or Font Awesome. Previously, Bootstrap shipped with Glyphicon but they have dropped it in version 4. If you wish to use it, you'll need to download the icon font set and then drop the files into this directory. You could also include a web font that you may want to use on your project in this directory. If you...

Setting up the JSON files

Each Harp project has at least two JSON files that are used for configuring a project. JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation and it's a lightweight format for data interchange. If that sounds complicated, don't worry about it. The actual coding of a JSON file is actually really straightforward, as I will show you now.

The first is called _harp.json and it's used for configuring global settings and variables that will be used across the entire blog. In this case, we're going to set up a global variable for the name of our project that will be inserted into every page template. Start by creating a new file in the root of blog project and call it _harp.json. Within the file, insert the following code:

{ 
   "globals": { 
      "siteTitle": "Learning Bootstrap 4" 
   } 
}

Here's what's happening in this code:

  • We're using the globals keyword so any variables under this will be available across all of...

Creating our first page template

For our first page template, we're going to create our Home or index page. In the root of the blog project, create a new file called index.ejs. Note this file is not prepended with an underscore like the previous files. With Harp, any file that has the underscore will be compiled into another and ignored when the files are copied into the production directory. For example, you don't want the compiler to spit out layout.html because it's fairly useless with the content of the Home page. You only want to get index.html, which you can deploy to your web server. The basic thing you need to remember is to not include an underscore at the beginning of your page template files. Once you've created the file, insert the following code:

<div class="container"> 
  <div class="row"> 
    <div class="col-lg-12"> 
      <h1>hello world!</h1> 
    </div> 
  </div> 
</div> ...

Different types of tools

When working with Bootstrap, there are really three types of tools you need to be aware of. The first two are Node.js and Grunt.js. These are build <ie>tools</ie> and they take the development framework files and build them into the final files that you want to include in the production version of your projects. You wouldn't include development files on your actual production web server, as they are tools. You want to compile your files into production-ready HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that a web server can read and a browser can translate into a website.

The second type of tool you might want to use is a static website generator such as Harp.js. I talked a little bit about Harp in the first chapter but I will review it again in a little more detail. The main advantages of using Harp are things such as variables and partials in HTML, and a reusable-template-based system for your pages that allows you to reuse code.

The final types of tool you can use with...

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  • This book shows how to take advantage of the all new features introduced in Bootstrap
  • Learn responsive web design and discover how to build mobile-ready websites with ease
  • Find out how to extend the capabilities of Bootstrap with a huge range of tools and plugins, including jQuery,
  • Do more with JavaScript and learn how to create an enhanced user experience

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Bootstrap, the most popular front-end framework built to design elegant, powerful, and responsive interfaces for professional-level web pages has undergone a major overhaul. Bootstrap 4 introduces a wide range of new features that make front-end web design even simpler and exciting. In this gentle and comprehensive book, we'll teach you everything that you need to know to start building websites with Bootstrap 4 in a practical way. You'll learn about build tools such as Node, Grunt, and many others. You'll also discover the principles of mobile-first design in order to ensure your pages can fit any screen size and meet the responsive requirements. Learn to play with Bootstrap's grid system and base CSS to ensure your designs are robust and that your development process is speedy and efficient. Then, you'll find out how you can extend your current build with some cool JavaScript Plugins, and throw in some Sass to spice things up and customize your themes. This book will make sure you're geared up and ready to build amazingly beautiful and responsive websites in a jiffy.

Who is this book for?

If you want to learn to build enterprise-level websites efficiently with Bootstrap, this book is for you. You must have a basic and fundamental understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; however, there is no need to have prior Bootstrap experience.

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  • Fire up Bootstrap and set up the required build tools to get started
  • See how and when to use Flexbox with the Bootstrap layouts
  • Find out how to make your websites responsive, keeping in mind Mobile First design
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  • Extend your build using plugins developed from JavaScript
  • Use Sass to customize your existing themes

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Well, what can I say? It starts out ok, but then he goes off the beaten path and not only bootstrap, but a whole bunch of different things unrelated to bootstrap. He wants you to learn all these different things and try to learn bootstrap too???? What an idiot. When I want to learn a subject, I want to learn that subject, not 4 or 5 different things that may go with it, but are unrelated to it and take away from the focus and joy of learning that subject. This idiot needs to learn how to write a learning book on a subject without all the extra fluff He wants to put with it. If I wanted to learn 13 different frameworks, I'll learn them one at a time, not all together in confusion. To me, this book is totally worthless.
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There are two problems with this book. First, in addition to Bootstrap, it uses a templating system called Harp. That's all well and good, but the author makes little to no effort to distinguish a Boostrap feature from a Harp feature, so you come away with a muddled understanding of both. That leads to the 2nd problem. This book is more of a tutorial than a text. It uses the tired old "let's build an application together!" approach, that has you imitate the examples without being taught much of how or why they work, or what other options might have been used. If you already understand the theory behind bootstrap (or you don't care) and you are looking for a copy-and-paste tutorial to practice, then you would probably rate the book higher. But if you are looking for systematic coverage of the theory of operation, the raw materials, and tools that come with the "Bootstrap 4 Toolbox," so you can put them together in your own creative ways, this book is disappointing.
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