What is Bootstrap?

Bootstrap is a powerful free front-end framework for faster and better web development. Bootstrap includes HTML and also CSS based designs for typography, layout, forms, buttons, images etc. It also contains many JavaScript plugins. Bootstrap also has the ability to create responsive websites. Responsive websites are those websites that automatically adjust their design so as to work perfectly in all devices ranging from smart phones to desktop PC.

Bootstrap was developed by Mark Otto and Jacob Thornton at Twitter, and released as an open source product in August 2011 on GitHub.

Advantages of Bootstrap

• It is easy to use: Anybody who knows basic knowledge in HTML and CSS can design using Bootstrap.
• Responsive: Used to create responsive pages which adjust automatically as the device needs.
• Mobile-first framework: Mobile-first are also a part of the core framework.
• Browser compatible: Bootstrap is compatible with all browsers now a days.

Get Bootstrap

There are two ways by which you can access Bootstrap.

• Download Bootstrap from getbootstrap.com
• Include Bootstrap from a CDN

Bootstrap CDN

You can also host Boostrap yourself, you can just include it from a CDN (Content Delivery Network). MaxCDN provides the CDN support fot Boostrap.

<!-- Latest compiled and minified CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.4/css/bootstrap.min.css">

<!-- jQuery library -->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js">