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Raowaa Mahmood
Raowaa Mahmood
3,337 Points
Posted by Raowaa Mahmood
Raowaa Mahmood
3,337 Points

Hi. Don't the professionals in web dsgn use bootstrap for their coding. Isn't that how we should learn to code perhaps?

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3 Answers

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points

There are many frameworks out there. Personally I use Foundation, as I feel like you aren't forced into Bootstraps way of thinking in context of design but there are a lot of other frameworks out there. What you use is going to be dependent on the project and its requirements.

Bootstrap itself isn't so much a way of coding as it is their base set of design standards much like Google's Material Design, except that you have the HTML and Javascript to get up and running with it. If you ask enough people you'll get numerous different answers about which one to use and why it is better.

Raowaa Mahmood
Raowaa Mahmood
3,337 Points
Raowaa Mahmood
Raowaa Mahmood
3,337 Points

Thank you for your answer @Luke Pettway . I took the classes at Udacity before and got the idea maybe Bootstrap was the way to go but I guess I should explore more options before that.

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points

No problem Raowaa. You never know what you might be missing out on if you don't check out what other people are working on.

Roy Penrod
Roy Penrod
19,810 Points
Roy Penrod
Roy Penrod
19,810 Points

A lot of the process with any form of coding is learning to think through problems. Understanding how to use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript without relying on a framework prepares you to use any framework more effectively ... because you understand what's going on under the hood. And understanding how it works helps you solve any problems that come up along the way.

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Bootstrap is great, so is foundation, but it's not a one size fit all shoe. Bootstrap and Foundation come with different mindeset. Bootstrap is more opinionated, Foundation less so. However, Bootstrap V4 is trending to less styling like how Foundation has been doing, with easier ways to modify it's look. It depends on what you need.

Ideally, at some point you have your own css not using much of any framework so your code is lean and mean.