Responsive Web Layout with Bootstrap 3

The Bootstrap framework is made up of CSS and JavaScript (using jQuery) that work together to create a mobile-first, responsive design for a website by default. Mobile-first means that Bootstrap is built to check the screen size of the device requesting your page and then only render the portions of the CSS that can be displayed by the device. This keeps the CSS lean based on the device. Of course, a larger device (with more processing power) will load the richer CSS.

Responsive design is part of this mobile-first strategy. It refers to the ability of the design to respond to screen real estate. This typically means collapsing the layout, simplifying the navigation (even moving it off the page into a foldout ...

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