Bootstrap for web development

Rikmeister · 22 Mar 2021 at 12:47

Itching to do some web development after a long pause, I've almost certainly decided to use Bootstrap. Before I invest my time and effort I'm checking here for any thoughts on Bootstrap. Is there a better alternative?

Rikmeister · 22 Mar 2021 at 14:41

GravyMonster said:
If you want to know what else is available, here's a list of alternatives: https://hackr.io/blog/top-bootstrap-alternatives

Thanks that's very helpful.

I've used Foundation before but the others are at best only vaguely known to me.

Rikmeister · 23 Mar 2021 at 00:15

john_s said:
I do way more backend work than front end, but Bootstrap is my go to option if I do need to stick a quick UI on something.

Thanks, that's helpful.

What backend work do you do?

Rikmeister · 24 Mar 2021 at 18:52

planty said:
Depending on your experience, you can't really go wrong with bootstrap. Bulma is very good though, and tailwind is also popular right now, although I haven't used that myself yet.

Thanks. I've got some experience. Enough to feel comfortable with taking on Bootstrap or similar. I'm not doing anything critical but like to know I'm on the right track before diving in.

Rikmeister · 25 Mar 2021 at 17:26

McBain said:
Bootstrap is still very relevant, go for it.

Thanks, I will.

GravyMonster said:
Bootstrap are about to release v5

I thought v5 was still in alpha but I see Beta 3 was released a couple of days ago. As there are unlikely to be any major changes there's no reason not to go with Bootstrap 5 and skip 4 altogether.

Rikmeister · 28 Mar 2021 at 21:19

john_s said:
Systems integration mostly... APIs, website to/from ERP, middleware, data feeds, etc.

Wow. Impressive. What languages/technologies do you use?

Rikmeister · 30 Mar 2021 at 10:07

john_s said:
C# and .Net Core usually. SQL Server mostly for data storage, though have occasionally used other kinds of storage. REST or SOAP services for the integrations. JSON or XML for the data feeds.

That's interesting. Is the XML for legacy apps or ongoing dev?

Rikmeister · 30 Mar 2021 at 11:54

Bouton Aide said:
bootstrap is awesome. It's so clean and plenty of code to play with.

Thanks. I used version 1 years ago - it's moved on a lot since then.

Rikmeister · 5 Apr 2021 at 18:11

Cooler running said:
The main reason you see for not using it, is that it's too popular. Most dev's can immediately spot the bootstrap without even opening the inspector, for that reason some devs avoid it so their project look "different".

I believe customisation has been made easier with version 5