Bootstrap 3.2.0 released

http://blog.getbootstrap.com/2014/06/26/bootstrap-3-2-0-released/

by ninthfrank07 • 12 years ago

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lcnmrn3• 12 years ago

Why do you need Bootstrap?

You can write a grid system in less than 10 lines of code with Sass. You can also do a typographic mixin in 5 lines of code then customise it as you need. You can also have a icon web font set only for <i> tag in 5 lines of code. What else is there? Forms. You can reset the forms in another 5 lines of code then add stuff for [type=submit] and so on.

Why do you need thousands of lines of code when you can have a pretty nice CSS framework in less than 50 lines of code? This costs you time, money and your site will take more time to render by slow browsers.

ripter• 12 years ago

Package all that up so people can just drop it in and have a nice looking site. Then people will use your system instead of Bootstrap.

pbhjpbhj• 12 years ago

IIRC that's where HTML5 Boilerplate started (H5BP), that developed and was used as the basis for Bootstrap.

H5BP is still available and there's a neat little packager, http://www.initializr.com/, that lets you include the parts you want and preconfigure it.

One reason to use a template system (with version control/plugins so you can modify locally and still merge in upstream changes and such) is that you can spend an awful lot of time keeping track of browser changes, standards changes, security issues, accessibility best practice, wide cross-browser testing and all the other niceties that go in to even a default template.

Reedx• 12 years ago

Because it saves time and has been extensively tested across all browsers? And there's vastly more utility to Bootstrap than just a grid, forms and icons.

It's also not an all or nothing proposition, you can simply include the bits and pieces you want to keep the size down.

e.g., @import '../../bower_components/bootstrap/less/grid';

aikah• 12 years ago

Because it has been tested on a wide range of browsers and devices and your custom CSS might not.It's exactly the same as"you might not need jQuery stuff".Yeah you might not need that but again,how many of us test our code on 50+ devices ,browsers and browser versions? So yeah you might need any tool that has a comprehensive test suite.

andybak6• 12 years ago

So consider all the lines of code in Bootstrap that aren't in your hypothetical framework. They either do something or they don't. Let's assume the former because the latter implies incompetence and there's too many eyeballs on Bootstrap for that to be plausible.

So your question can be reformulated as "Bootstrap contains functionality that I don't think is needed".

If you agree that's a reasonable restatement then you can start a much more fruitful discussion if you could give a few examples and your reasoning behind why each one isn't needed.

What are you claiming the extra "thousands - 20" lines of code are for? I'm curious to know whether I need them or not.

maaaats2• 12 years ago

Would you bother showing those <50 lines of code?

lcnmrn3• 12 years ago

Pay me 50$.

thenerdfiles• 12 years ago

Bootstrap isn't a prototyping framework — it's made for production. This fact subsumes the points about (1) testing across browsers, (2) being community-driven (and thus scientific), (3) aesthetic standards, and (4) implementation standards.

Sure you can make your own hammer, and you can even use a non-hammer you find sitting right next to you. But you'll quickly find out that some non-hammer won't accomplish everything you think a hammer ought to accomplish. Bootstrap isn't just an invention/innovation — it is a framework.

Your question honestly is no different from "Why do we need frameworks?" And we just need to stop wasting out time asking these bloated philosophical questions that get us nowhere.

"Why do we need dictionaries?" Well, because if everyone went about their own way, they'd all re-invent the wheel a thousand times over, but we'd never see any cars.

chdir4• 12 years ago

You just stepped on a lot of toes.

The most popular project on Github is : https://github.com/search?q=stars%3a%3E1&s=stars&type=Reposi...

Clearly there has to be something worth more than 50 lines of CSS.

richbradshaw• 12 years ago

In case anyone wonders about this, https://gist.github.com/richbradshaw/8949c61fb4ba7b7ed3ba is the basic grid back from Bootstrap 2 (the .container, .row, .spanN one).

autokad• 12 years ago

I agree with the people who disagreed with you below, so I'll try not to reiterate the points they mentioned. For example, the most important feature (to me) of bootstrap is its wide usage/testing/community across many devices. but another salient issue is that I have other things to worry about such as content. I dont want to be fussing around with these 50 lines of code (they are very important but not the bigger picture) when there there is a tried and true framework already available.

wuliwong3• 12 years ago

All this bootstrap hate is mind numbing. The simple fact is, that I was able to build a site in ONE NIGHT after work using bootstrap as the basis for my design. Using anything less featured (and less familiar to me) than Bootstrap would have added enormous amounts of time before I could release. The site in question was able to get some traction because of its timely release and I am iterating on that now and growing.

The idea that using Bootstrap cost me time is objectively wrong, as is that of it costing me money. Currently, my minified CSS and javascript from bootstrap is not affecting the page load time in any significant way. For me, using Bootstrap for MVPs has proved supremely useful, time and time again. I would not be as bold as you and claim my experience is applicable to everyone, but it is obviously very beneficial for me.

Something not often considered by the haters is that most of the time, the customers that the MVP is directed at have no clue about Bootstrap. Unless I'm building something for developers, it's usually not something they have seen before. I've actually gotten many compliments on design, when it was largely just Bootstrap's CSS.

Further, putting some structure in for SASS typography isn't the same as creating good typography. I've found it extremely difficult to create readable, custom typography in the past and I'm quite sure I am not alone.

Your "framework" gives me some kind of grid system, some structure that I can go out and create my own typography system inside of and some kind of functionality to "reset" forms. And then I can add "stuff for [type=submit]". GREAT.

Things I used from Bootstrap 3 in my MVP created in one night:

1. Responsive grid system. 2. Typography 3. Colors 4. Notifications 5. Forms 6. Buttons 7. Modals 8. Panels 9. Wells 10. Image helper classes 11. Navigation Bar 12. Pagination 13. Popovers 14. Media Objects

Your idea for replacing Bootstrap falls so short of the mark it is laughable.

deedubaya• 12 years ago

Bootstrap, like jQuery, was a great thing at one time. It still is a great thing to some people.

Whenever I see default Bootstrap styles out in the wild though, I get pretty disgusted.

Never trust a company that uses default Bootstrap styles in their production apps. It just shouts "I don't care" or "I don't know any better."

opendais2• 12 years ago

Actually, to me it screams MVP by a backend focused developer. It signals the exact opposite to me as long as it is a company of only 1-2 people. They know what they are doing but have no design chops...which is much better than the reverse.

andybak6• 12 years ago

Or "they invested time in their product rather choosing to reinvent the wheel on their marketing website".

Sounds like a pretty positive indicator to me.

maaaats2• 12 years ago

Rather "I have better things to do", actually developing what matters for the page, and then focusing on the design later.

andybak6• 12 years ago

So how about all those Bootstrap sites that aren't immediately recognisable? Is it Bootstrap per se that causes your bile to rise or merely insufficiently customized Bootstrap?

For example - I think many of the templates here: https://wrapbootstrap.com/ are rather lovely. Do they elicit your disgust?

alexgaribay• 12 years ago

Thanks for that link. I use bootstrap in all my projects. One of the templates on the landing page had exactly what I was looking to do in an upcoming design. I may just buy it and save my self from some of the time I would need to spend on custom design.

xtrumanx• 12 years ago

All it shouts to me is that they were probably more focused on more important things. My mantra is functionality before design.

I've seen a bunch of stuff submitted here to HN that was nothing more than a landing page with a sign up form. I've rarely (if not never) signed up.

However, give me a page with a working proof-of-concept, I'll likely sign up regardless if it's built on default Bootstrap styling.

Reminds me of the days when people's biggest complaints about Reddit was that it looked bad.

bryanlarsen• 12 years ago

Whenever an iPhone or Android app doesn't follow the standard styling for the platform -- aka if it looks different -- complaints flood in.

Whenever a web app doesn't look different, complaints flood in.

Consistent styling on disparate web pages is a good thing, in my optinion.

wuliwong3• 12 years ago

Yea, it is interesting isn't it. Have you ever come across anyone trying to explain why? I've wondered but haven't done any research.

andybak6• 12 years ago

There's nothing more loathsome to my eye than an 'innovative' user-interface produced by someone who thinks creativity trumps UX.

The number of times I want to be 'surprised and delighted' by an interface can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Most of the time I'm trying to achieve something other than appreciate the genius of the designer involved.

chdir4• 12 years ago

Re-inventing the wheel is your thing then so be it. Why stop at bootstrap, stop trusting all those using jQuery too.

andybak6• 12 years ago

Why stop there? Be suspicious of existing programming languages and network protocols. Let's write assembly and push raw bits over the wire.

Reductio ad absurdum...

angrymouse• 12 years ago

Have a look at the Angular website. It is hardly anything beyond the Bootstrap style. I understand what you're saying. A lack of concern about external presentation can be a warning sign but it's not exclusive nor a reliable indicator as other commentator's have mentioned

xdissent• 12 years ago

The responsive embeds feature looks very useful. Getting iframes and objects to scale appropriately has often been a struggle in my experience.

chdir4• 12 years ago

Thank you for the great effort. Glad that lots of small but annoying bugs have been closed (like modal shift). Bootstrap is a big relief for those who aren't, can't or don't want to be CSS ninjas.

Update : I dropped it in my project followed by s/bootstrap-3.1.1/bootstrap-3.2.0/g . Nothing broken. That's a delight !

pepijndevos• 12 years ago

What is the video doing there...

seer• 12 years ago

It's probably a demonstration how their new responsive embeds work.

mdo2• 12 years ago

Actually I haven't updated the blog to use that yet. We just include videos with every single release. Don't try to draw a particular conclusion—it's mostly just for fun :).

alc277• 12 years ago

They always post a video at the top of their blog entries.

chdir4• 12 years ago

@mdo : Any hint on what's big in store for v4

mdo2• 12 years ago

Dropping features, dropping IE8, adding features, rewriting the whole library, etc :p.

wiseleo2• 12 years ago

Nice list of fixed bugs. :)

Some of them were affecting me, so I am very happy that this release fixes them.

Bootstrap 3.2.0 released

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