Downloading and installing Bootstrap
In this recipe, you will learn how to install Bootstrap and start your first project.
Getting ready
You can download the required files from http://getbootstrap.com/getting-started/#download. Choose the source version at this page, which includes the Sass source files, too.
For this recipe, you should have Node.js and Grunt installed on your system. You can read how to install Node.js and the Node.js package manager in the Installing Grunt recipe of Chapter 16, Setting up a Build Chain with Grunt.
After installing Node.js, which includes npm, you can install Grunt by running the following command:
npm install -g grunt-cli
Both Grunt and Gulp are JavaScript task runners; read the Introduction of Chapter 16, Setting up a Build Chain with Grunt, to learn more about the differences between them.
How to do it...
You need to perform the following steps:
- Download the ZIP archive that contains the Bootstrap source files and unzip this file into your working directory...
