6 Facts About Twitter Bootstrap that Makes it so Popular

Being the CTO of a mobile first technology solutions provider, I have always believed in the power of of a good design. Be it a thumb-sized image of a mobile app or a fully functioning website, designing never takes a back seat. When Twitter announced the open sourcing of Bootstrap, I immediately asked my team to get fluent with it as soon as possible. Because I knew for a fact that Twitter Bootstrap is the next big thing and is here to stay.

For those who are not so familiar with this star; Twitter Bootstrap is a collection of HTML and CSS tools and templates, which are used for developing and designing a website or web applications. It has been welcomed by the world of web developers with open arms. Here are the features and facts about them that made Twitter Bootstrap a super star.

1. Built-in CSS + LESS

Let’s face it… learning and then retaining CSS codes and structure in your memory is not a cup of tea for most developers. It is as complicated and tedious as it gets. Thankfully, Twitter Bootstrap has integrated an amazing combination of CSS + LESS for designing and styling facet of website designing. Working with the built-in and well structured modular CSS not only helps the web developer in design an interactive user interface, but also saves their valuable time.

2. Java Script

Don’t feel like writing lengthy, time consuming Java Script? No worries. Bootstrap will take care of it. It’s in-built script library has volumes of structural as well as styling components. Credit definitely goes to it’s use of data-API attributes. Change the script prototype according to your website requirement and pass over the writing part.

3. HTML Syntax

Bootstrap offers uniform HTML syntax for all those busy developers out there who have very little time to manage both construction and interaction features of a website. With a comprehensive collection of HTML components, Bootstrap has made website developing as well as designing process quick and exciting.

4. Grid

Designing a web page layout requires a proper grid system in place. As usual, blessing-in-disguise Bootstrap provides flexible grid system. It can scale up to 12 grids, depending on the device a web page is viewed on. Besides, the already established grid categories makes it convenient to modify the page in accordance with different screen sizes. All you have to do is key in the code and enjoy your design on different devices.

5. Documentation

When you are dealing with the mind boggling web design codes and patterns, Bootstrap’s extensive and detailed documentation always comes handy. It lays down all the design language modules like a feast for developers, resulting in prototyping productivity as well as better learning of CSS.

6. High Responsiveness

We are always surrounded by desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones at every hour of the day. Hence, it is crucial to make websites compatible on all the screens and resolutions. Bootstrap’s chameleon-like responsive features provide speedy and efficient transformation of site layout to different forms. It makes the device switching job fun and easy.

There is no second thought on the fact that Twitter Bootstrap has made web designing quick and fun. With ready-made blocks of CSS and HTML codes, exhaustive documentation and responsive design makes it every developer’s best friend.

What do you think of Bootstrap? What other frameworks do you swear by?