Saturday, 25 July 2015

Advantages and Disadvantages of Bootstrap

Pros and Cons of Bootstrap

Pros (Advantages) :-

  • works in all modern browsers
  • "mobile first" approach in after version3
  • Responsive approach
  • normalizes many little CSS annoyances
  • lightweight then others
  • gives consistent look and feel.
  • customizable as per requirement
  • encourages use of LESS CSS and JavaScript.
  • helps beginner to create nice application with little effort.
  • many nice looking free and paid starter UI, Mobile and Website templates are available.
  • integrated with jQuery (some might consider this a negative)
  • some jQuery plugins now offer Bootstrap theming
  • comes with some jQuery plugins

Cons (Disadvantages)

  • Hard to create complex data-entry screens. Of course, screens should be made simple for users, but that doesn't mean a form might not be technically complex. Sometimes, users are well-trained and want complex forms so that they can rapidly do work.
  • jQuery plugins are limited. Certainly, you can integrate your own, find other 3rd party controls, etc. But out of the box, you are missing the heavy-hitters, like grids, tree views, drag and drop, etc.
  • Naming conventions and semantics are mediocre. Example: using the <i> tag for icons. Class names like "pull-right".
  • It's very customizable, but inevitably many sites start looking alike (just like Wordpress—consider how many blog sites look the same).

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