Web Design with Bootstrap | Washington, D.C.

About this workshop

Originally created by a designer and a developer at Twitter, Bootstrap has become one of the most popular front-end frameworks and open source projects in the world. Bootstrap makes front-end web development faster and easier. It's made for folks of all skill levels, devices of all shapes, and projects of all sizes.

In this workshop, students will discover how to use Bootstrap as a foundation in their next web design projects. In this workshop, you’ll get an overview of the Bootstrap containers, and learn how you can use them to build a site. You’ll gain experience working with the Bootstrap Grid, different typography and icons, and customizing a Bootstrap theme.

Takeaways

• Download Bootstrap and learn how to incorporate it into an HTML document
• Work with the Bootstrap responsive grid system
• Explore Bootstrap’s core CSS, overriding this CSS using standard CSS techniques
• Incorporate Bootstrap’s image formatting elements and icons
• Create and style interactive menus with Bootstrap, including dropdown menus

Prereqs & Preparation

A basic foundation of HTML & CSS. Laptop