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Bootstrap for ASP.NET MVC

You're reading from   Bootstrap for ASP.NET MVC Combine the power of ASP.NET Core with Bootstrap 4 to build elegant, responsive web apps

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785889479
Length 186 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Pieter van der Westhuizen Pieter van der Westhuizen
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Preface 1. Getting Started with ASP.NET Core and Bootstrap 4 2. Using Bootstrap CSS and HTML Elements FREE CHAPTER 3. Using Bootstrap Components 4. Using Bootstrap JavaScript Components 5. Creating MVC Bootstrap Helper and Tag Helpers 6. Converting a Bootstrap HTML Template into a Usable ASP.NET MVC Project 7. Using the jQuery DataTables Plugin with Bootstrap 4 8. Creating Bootstrap 4 ASP.NET MVC Sites Using Visual Studio Code A. Bootstrap Resources

Using Gulp to compile the Bootstrap Sass files


If you would like the option to customize the Bootstrap Sass files in order to use them in your project, you can automate the Sass compilation process by creating a Gulp task for it.

Visual Studio Code supports the ability to run tasks and analyze their results from inside it. Task can include many things such as compiling Sass, minifying CSS, or copying files to different folders.

In order to configure task inside Visual Studio Code, follow these steps:

  1. Inside Visual Studio Code, open the Command Palette by pressing the F1 key.

  2. Type the following inside the Command Palette and press Enter:

            Configure Task Runner 
    
    
  3. Select Grunt from the list and press the Enter key.

  4. The command will automatically create a new folder called .vscode with a new tasks.json file inside it.

  5. You'll need Gulp and the gulp-sass plugin in order to compile the Bootstrap 4 SCSS files to CSS. To install this plugin, open the command prompt and enter the following commands...

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