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Jump Start Bootstrap
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Jump Start Bootstrap

by Syed Fazle Rahman
June 2014
Beginner to intermediate
150 pages
3h 12m
English
SitePoint
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Chapter 6Optimizing Bootstrap

So we have reached the final chapter of the book. We've really come a long way, now having the capability to build a professional, responsive website using Bootstrap. But the final piece of the puzzle is discovering how to optimize our creations so that they not only look good but also perform well.

In this chapter, you will be learning techniques to optimize a website built with Bootstrap (or, indeed, any other front-end framework). We will be working with CSS and JavaScript minification and also streamlining the Bootstrap default package. We will try to understand the limitations of Bootstrap and discuss some of the common pitfalls of using it.

Optimization Techniques

A website needs to look good and perform well. ...

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