Presentation on why you would want to use Boostrap when your starting a web project. Presented for the University Of Oregon Web Dev Club.

1. Bootstrap
Why We Keep Talking About It

2. The Web Before Bootstrap
Kind of ugly unless you tried
really hard.

3. Berkshire Hathaway’s CURRENT site.

4. Reddit
● Generic Verdana font
● Generic HTML Dropdowns
● Not the coolest looking Navbar
● If you want to do better, it requires a lot of work.

5. We Need A Framework
Mark Otto Jacob Thornton

6. Because...
By letting bootstrap take care of the basics it
gives you more time to think about styles that
are specific to your application

7. Consistent Style Guide
● Good looking typography
● Good looking HTML form elements
● Good looking spacing and structure
● Good looking icons
simple modifications like this make users lives
easier, which is almost always a good thing.

8. Bootstrap Sites
http://www.sfarts.org/
https://robinhood.com/

9. How to get Bootstrap
● getbootstrap.com
● bootswatch.com
● Google “bootstrap themes”

10. How to use Bootstrap
Simple!
Include it with the rest of your CSS files!

11. What can Bootstrap do?
● Grid format
● Responsiveness built in
● Consistent, great style
● Use CSS preprocessors (SASS/LESS)

12. When should I use it?
Simple, easy-to-access websites
Prototyping
How about not using it?
- When you want a very unique website

13. BOOTSTRAP IS AWESOME
You should use it!