Twitter open sources Bootstrap web front-end toolkit | Linux Today

Twitter open sources Bootstrap web front-end toolkit

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 24, 2011

“Bootstrap is a web front-end toolkit consisting principally of
an HTML and CSS template (the latter spiced up with a pinch of
LESS), which gathers together the collected experience garnered at
Twitter.

Web developers integrating Bootstrap into their web interface
can use the sample front-end and, with a minimum of effort,
integrate a grid system which uses Twitter’s tried and tested
styling for typographic elements, forms and buttons or add
interface elements like modals, tooltips and popovers to their web
sites.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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