Bootstrap for Rails (repost)

Posted By: Willson

Syed Fazle Rahman, "Bootstrap for Rails"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 178398726X | 176 pages | EPUB | 9.5 MB


A quick-start guide to developing beautiful web applications with the Bootstrap toolkit and Rails framework

About This Book
Enhance your applications with Bootstrap modals and carousels
Explore the usage of advanced Bootstrap components and plugins in Rails through various examples
Use Bootstrap's Grid System to create beautiful responsive Rails applications with this hands-on guide
Who This Book Is For
If you are a web developer who has a basic understanding of Ruby on Rails, this is the book for you. You should definitely have previous knowledge about HTML and how it works. However, CSS and JavaScript knowledge is optional for this book.

What You Will Learn
Discover how to use Bootstrap in a Ruby on Rails environment
Use advanced components and plugins from Bootstrap in Rails applications
Create navigation bars to enable navigation between different views
Understand Bootstrap's grid system and create page layouts
Use Bootstrap's typography, buttons, and images in a Rails application
Design a dummy shopping cart Rails application using Bootstrap
In Detail
Bootstrap is a free, open source CSS and JS framework that helps you create websites in minutes, and Ruby on Rails, or Rails as it's known, is an open source web application framework written in the Ruby programming language. Bootstrap is typically used in Rails applications to design websites and create themes because it comes loaded with predesigned CSS and HTML templates.

Bootstrap for Rails is for Rails web developers who are struggling to get their website designs right. It will enable you to create beautiful responsive websites in minutes without writing much CSS and JavaScript code.

The book starts by taking you through web application development in Rails. It teaches you how to set up the Bootstrap framework, and will showcase the true power of your Rails app using Bootstrap's grid system. You will learn about other Bootstrap components and move on to work with modals and carousels. It concludes with the opportunity to test your skills by creating a shopping cart using Bootstrap modals.