Sorry for the shaky camera guys! I'll bring a tripod with me next time I do one of these. I hope you like the style of these, let me know what you think please!

@cianosiorain6085

6 жыл бұрын

looked great man, was nice to see some nature from behind my screen! Reminded me to close atom and go for a walk, and as always fantastic content. Definitely need to give the bootstrap documentation a closer read, far too easy to glance that stuff.

@Dhanan-J

5 жыл бұрын

ya... its creative....

@jatinverma6123

4 жыл бұрын

a hospital website

Here's a tip for anyone who is learning bootstrap, instead of remembering all the class names in bootstrap go to their documentation and inspect there examples such as grid to better understand bootstrap. In my opinion inspecting there examples is the best way to learn bootstrap.

@dannyobin3428

5 жыл бұрын

Sushmit Sagar Gaur I agree 👍🏻

Kevin I am so glad I found your channel! You make everything look so easy just by explaining it. You are my fav KZreadr

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

@shahbazkhalid6950

2 жыл бұрын

@@KevinPowell You beauty keven. Kindly make playlists on these topics Vanilla JS, Bootstrap 5 and Tailwind CSS

CSS grid+flexbox is enough

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

For the most part, I agree, though frameworks like Bootstrap will continue to thrive because people don't really want to learn how things work :\.

@bigollie006

5 жыл бұрын

@@KevinPowell its just much faster for me.nita not that i dont know how to html and css lol time is money partner

@Dhanan-J

5 жыл бұрын

@@bigollie006 but its one " time " investment

@abdisamadkhalif4283

5 жыл бұрын

@Michaelyou mean Internet Explorer 10 & 11? lol

@iamreg1965

4 жыл бұрын

If you're any good at Web development then you'll use only HTML5, CSS3, PHP7.1+ AND MYSQL. You might need a bit of ECMA6 scripting to handle browser issues. Sorted.

I used to Bootstrap for literally everything but always had to do more work than I was supposed to. At the time, I just wanted to get things done without bothering how it was working. Now, I just learned a lot about CSS and just stopped using any sort of CSS frameworks overall.

@curt8806

4 жыл бұрын

And your site is properly ugly and inconsistent

@magicfibre

3 жыл бұрын

@@curt8806 Found the backend dev who won't learn css even if his life depended on it

@mirage4731

3 жыл бұрын

@@magicfibre 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Thanks Kevin, I just started viewing a lot of your videos and you really share some good stuff. Keep up the good work!

I'm more of a back-end guy now, but started early as a front-end developer. I use bootstrap heavily to create quick layouts for applications. I like bootstrap because it gives me a head start, so I can focus on functionality more. I can create content fast and easy because I'm really good at Bootstrap. Are there any better frameworks? I tend to build web applications mostly so the front-end is pretty light and clean for me. I don't even use SASS or LESS that much anymore either. I want to get back into though.

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

Bootstrap seems to be really popular with backend people, and for good reason. As you said, it allows you to pump out the layout quickly and easily, and gives you something that is nice and functional. It's definitely a great tool for that.

@shahbazkhalid6950

2 жыл бұрын

Must try Tailwind CSS it is better than Bootstrap

@montebont

Жыл бұрын

@@shahbazkhalid6950 Not so sure about Tailwind. It is too fragmented and more physical than logical

Thanks for giving me a better idea about bootstrap. I just started learning html and css, and I ve been focusing into Css flexbox and grid, so when I heard about bootstrap I was not really sure if that was something that should learn, but as you said, learning something new just make you a better designer and know what to use and what not. I'm new in your channel and I like the passion you put into your videos and explanations. You should teach based on real projects. I would definitely buy for it.

Bootstrap increases the HTML file size by * 10, thus making it slower.

@freeyourmind7538

Жыл бұрын

Does that make a difference in this day and age? Internet speeds have rocketed and how much of a difference is an extra 100mb going to make?

Bootstrap is a great framework, I have learned a lot from it. Some people use Bootstrap as an excuse not learn real CSS and Sass, and that is really the only problem I see with the framework.

@KevinPowell

7 жыл бұрын

I do agree that it's a fantastic framework, but yeah, people use it at a crutch, which is a shame, because if they learned it better, they'd be better coders themselves. I do think that it lends itself to certain projects more than others, but overall, I think it's an amazing tool!

@ckernest

6 жыл бұрын

Do we need to know most CSS framework on the market as a front end developer? thx.

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

I think having a good understanding of html, CSS and js makes it fairly easy to learn a new framework. Bootstrap and Foundation are the two biggest though, so if you're going to learn any, those would be where I'd start. After that, if someone else is using a different framework, with the experience of using others, you'd probably pick up fairly quickly.

pretty cool, your video and the discussion here helps a lot in regards making a decission on wich environment to use on a regular basis!

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that Fabian :)

I learned Bootstrap almost six years ago and, for a while, I did all of my work using Bootstrap. Then I began to realize the similarity of one Bootstrap site to the next and started doing my own CSS again. You asked about Bootstrap tutorials we'd like to see, so how about a Bootstrap site that doesn't look like a Bootstrap site?

@charlesavul1016

2 жыл бұрын

I think this is the greatest downside to using bootstrap.. creativity becomes difficult for the average user. I mean how use pseudo-elements and gradients without doing weird CSS

I don't know why.. But i love doing pure css because it gives me more customization rather than using the same design for every project

@curt8806

4 жыл бұрын

It properly looks awful

@cmdaltctr

3 жыл бұрын

Curt Devine I think anything will look ugly if you don’t put any thoughts about good design and prototyping.

Your background css is awesome.

Love the bird that is whistling @2:24. Thanks for the video bro. I’ll check out bootstrap

5:38 Hit me really hard. Inspiring to say the least. Thank you!

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear that moto_HYUTS 😁. If it hit you hard, that means you know you're on the right track and working hard, keep it up!

Thank you Sir 🤗🤗🤗

Awesome response to that question.

Recently I came to know we have VW(view-width) and VH(view-height) and it works as good as % unit in CSS(at least in my idea). Why do Bootstrap still use only em rem and px ? Is it good to use % unit over VW and VH?

@KevinPowell

5 жыл бұрын

% and vw (and vh) work very differently. % looks at the size of the parent container, whereas vw looks at the width of the browser window. These can be the same, but very often aren't. For example, Bootstrap's columns are inside a `.container`. If you used vw for the width, it would cause all sorts of issues. vw and vh are awesome units, but they're only really useful in certain situations.

Thank you Kevin you your videos given hope. I have been using mobilrise. But there CSS to over compact I am now re doing my whole website learning from bootstrap devs

Well said @Kevin. It is worth studying Bootstrap under the hood. There is some really good stuff there and lots to learn. Should you use Bootstrap in your own project? It depends. At the end of the day all Bootstrap projects look (evidently) like a Bootstrap project...If that's what you want - like in most WordPress sites: OK. If you want something different: look under the hood and use the things you need for your project. No need to try and invent the same wheel.

Good video Mr Powel I totally agree with you

I originally thought Bootstrap was an easy way to just get some relatively modern and responsive pages done quickly, but … I always got caught up back then (Bootstrap 3) with just how heavy the framework was. Doing everything meant it had to have all the pieces to do everything. Bootstrap 4 got a lot lighter of course, but it still felt like there was a lot there … and it gave up compatibility that seemed like a bad idea to give up. Fast forward and … we no longer need that compatibility really. Who's still using IE? But … while it seems Bootstrap 5 can actually be very light and CSS does most of what we used to use jQuery or whatever else for now all by itself … I don't need Bootstrap. Learning some more modern CSS, I just don't need a hefty framework to give me what boils down to pretty simple layout and common design elements. Maybe in 2017 I did, but I've got four years of history from the time you recorded this video. I just don't need Bootstrap anymore.

Hi, very thoughtful video.. I am a beginner in web development. Ithink bootstrap blocks custom styling. Sometimes, it feels odd to style over bootstrap as bootstrap class was using same styling components with different value and I create my own class just to override those values... Please suggest any solution for above query

Dude, where is that park? I lived in a city with a park exactly like that one

Hey Kevin! I have been looking at Bootstrap lately and I have seen the div container-fluid instead of container and I am really confused. What is the difference? And which one do we use?

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

You can use either one! The .container has a max-width on it, so it keeps the content in the middle of the screen (has a margin in the left and right). The .container-fluid is full width. Sometimes you want things to be full width, but you still want to use their columns system.

I made one web page in my life :P I used Bootstrap. I was focused more on learning backend and bootstrap just gave me some ready to use frontend components. Maybe I will rewrite my frontend to do it without bootstrap when I finish my backend 100% :)

bootstrap it's really massive. thanks for the hint of it's "grid" part

I think, IMO , The problem is not learning bootstrap, But learning bootstrap without knowing the basics of Html/css . And we don't have to worry about it , coz a good company never hires those kind of folks

💥Thanks a million, Im a Front end and still intermediate, i was just about getting tuts and materials to start learning bootstrap, then Boom you just blew it off my hands. i think i will have to wait and weave and master my own css first.

im heading back into bootstrap because my colleague couldn't handle CSS Grid and flexbox :/ I would recommend it if you need to share your codes among your team, but everyone skillset are differ from each other. Experimental or quick job I would go without framework

@KevinPowell

4 жыл бұрын

Depends on your team as well for sure, documentation amongst your team, and the time available to implement new things, which in the real world can really be lacking.

Hello Kev! A site that I would like to see at some point is one that deals with tons of images in different sizes(some tall, long short). Kind of like a makeup artist website or a photographer style website.

@KevinPowell

7 жыл бұрын

That could be a lot of fun! Thanks for the suggestion.

I have heard a lot about reading about reading the docs of a framework but how do I start tearing through the docs, especially when its very wide.

@Kevin Powell I use CSS Grid + Flex Box. By the way, what camera you used for this selfie video?

@KevinPowell

5 жыл бұрын

In this video it would've been my phone, which as the time was... Galaxy S7 I think

The components of bootstrap has lots of nested divs which make complicated to me if I want to customize them or override.

thanks for your thoughts, it is exactly what i am struggling with at the moment. why not design an artists/musicians/filmmakers webpage?

@KevinPowell

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion Ortimis! Awesome idea :D

how about using bootstrap for a forum/ discussion board website like reddit?

@KevinPowell

7 жыл бұрын

A redesign of Reddit could be a fun project, I'll keep that one in mind!

Hi good day Kevin. Can you make a video about Boostrap Studio? Thankyou! Btw keep it up!

Sould i need to learn framework how much it worth 😅 yup my question is weird but i need to know from any experience one

Love your channel and have looked on a few videos now. I have no education in webdesign but I am sort of admin where I handle our e-business and I code some basic pages on our site. I was recommened to use bootstrap to easy make a grid and it is working fine. But now I need to learn the more basic html like flexbox and more understanding why etc. I use some of the stuff but that's only copy, paste and change some values. Though it has been only 1.5 years so I have learned alot. Gonna look through alot more of your videos, but the problem I have is that I am little lazy for just test around :)

@KevinPowell

5 жыл бұрын

A lot of places seem to stick people in similar positions as you. Bootstrap or similar frameworks can really help in your case though. Good luck with the learning and glad you like my videos 😁

Bootstrap is a pain to learn and to take advantage of. The documentation sometimes sucks too.

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

It taught me a lot when I learned it, so I'm happy I did. I totally agree about the documentation though, but it has improved a lot with v4 (especially in terms of organization!). You look at something like Foundation though, and it has much better support. But then, Foundation is created by a for-profit company, whereas Bootstrap is an Open Source project, so I guess the comparison isn't exactly fair either.

@Naomi-rf1bl

5 жыл бұрын

I've found that the documentation is actually pretty easy to navigate now.

Please I’m stuck and I’d love if someone can give me an honest answer. Bootstrap or tailwind?

5:19 A small part of KP's ongoing security "overhead" LOL!

Really amazing place behind you!!!

@KevinPowell

5 жыл бұрын

Nice to have some greenspace nearby :)

I am going to learn bootstrap documentation! Good luck with you channel. Thank you do much :)

@KevinPowell

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, enjoy and good luck too!

0:17 - Aaaaagh! Scared the hell out of me. Back away from the camera a bit. LOL

Please upload bootstrap course! 🔥

I just started trying to use bootstrap. I really want to learn how to maximize my use with it.

I have never used bootstrap and perhaps it's fear of the unknown. However, after watching some (because not watched them all yet) there is a lot to learn from your Bootstrap videos. My website started off as a hobby (still is) yet it's grown into 38 languages (soon to be 39) and it's time to learn new skills as I know there are lots of mistakes, repeating code is one common mistake. One thing I am interested in is how to create master pages, how they can be linked and updated? Am I right in assuming that Bootstrap has jquery/javascript built in? I may be read this wrong or not?

@KevinPowell

5 жыл бұрын

If you use the Bootstrap templates, or download it, it'll come with jQuery, yes. As far as having a 'master' page, I use Jekyll for my homepage. It's another language that allows for templates. It's a little strange at first, but I like it :). There are a tooon of other alternatives to it, all with the same concept of creating template parts of your site, and template pages.

I'm planning to use materialize css. But I'm having a problem on the default navbar style. I do can say materialize css is a great framework. I was about to use bootstrap and materialize but it will have a problem on my codes which is the conflicts on the installed codes. Can u suggest any alternatives to use? thanks for the help bro! BTW..it could be like my 3rd time watching this video..convincing me a lot to stick on bootstrap

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

You've got to pick one or the other, you can't use both as they're both more or less for the same purpose. As you said, they'll conflict with each other, but even if they didn't, it would add a ton of extra CSS to your project for nothing. Pick one and roll with it :)

What should I learn Tailwind css or bootstrap???

I don't have a laptop or pc but i am studying with my mobile but i am unabe to design in phone using pure css . SO thought of making the use of bootstrap how it will work sir . Your my web guru .thanks a lot sir .

I like the idea of pick things that are already done to make my work easier. If it's good, free, why shouldn't use it? You can focus on the real importante things like React, NextJS that maybe's going to take more of your time.. So yes bootstrap !

my final year project is to develop a system for final exam scheduling. is it okay for me to use bootstrap ?

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

I don't see why not. Ideal for something like that, specially if you have to deal with tables. Again, I advocate for using it when you understand what it's doing, but for a project like that, where it'll help speed things up, I don't see the harm in it (of course, it depends a little on the constraints of the exam too!)

I would like to know that how can i use z-index property in bootstrap....

Please make a video on how to use bootstrap ?

awesome sky

Man you're awesome! Really. Your videos helped me a lot. Can you make a website which includes a online payment procedure, you know... Like a shopping site and net banking

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

I'd love to, but if I were building a site that needed payment processing, there is no way I'd build my own payment processor! That's a *massive* job. If you want a simple shopping site, if it didn't have to be a custom design I'd probably look into SquareSpace, and if it was going to be a custom design, I'd use WordPress, and probably WooCommerce (though there are other options as well). I'm comfortable with front-end stuff, but doing the back-end for something, even if it would just be a simple demo and nothing that would go into production, is beyond me.

@avinashkamal8211

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Powell I understand. And yeah I didn't mean the back end either. I just needed to see how a payment method site could be made.

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

Cool. I'll keep it in mind for a future series.

@avinashkamal8211

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

Helicopter part was very interesting

Funny thing. If you get a notification that you have a comment but can't find it that's because I asked the same question and then found this video so I went back and deleted it. I was auditing some classes on EDX.org to learn and be refreshed in my craft since I stepped away from websites for a little while to concentrate on graphic design and video editing. but I don't need those anymore. I've got you. If you know Wordpress I'd like a series on that. Thanks for all you do.

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

When you say WordPress, do you mean using it, modifying themes, or building themes from scratch? I've done it in the past, but I'm rusty now and I don't particularly like PHP, but you're not the first to ask.

@milleniummoses

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Powell I meant using it. I don't see myself having a need to build a theme from scratch. I haven't used it in a while either. Lol

I definitely agree with you, but what do think of CSS grid to replace bootstrap in production. Do u think gird is much clearer way of approaching web layout's. Thx.

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

I think too many people rely on Boostrap for it to be replaced, but I do think the Grid offers up a better overall solution which is a lot more adaptive than Bootstrap! Hopefully it helps to reduce the reliance on it and other frameworks, specially for projects where it really isn't required, and is pretty much just being used for the grid system.

@tarunjuluru99

6 жыл бұрын

Hey, Kevin I recently read an article on internet, which says the bootstrap 4 grid system using flexblox behind the sences and that sounds amazing. Does they really integrated in it. If so, can u make a tutorial on it which I think which definitely make sense. Thank you :)

personally i only use bootstrap for the grid, forms and possibly cards but im using the SASS version. Apart from that its pure CSS.

@KevinPowell

7 жыл бұрын

Those, plus the navbar, are probably what a lot of people are using most I would guess. As long as you're just importing the parts of it your using with Sass, then it's all good.

@alexmachin1785

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah nice lightweight file.

I've done a lot of things with pure CSS and I already feel confident with it, now I want something that helps me to do them faster. Should I start learning Bootstrap in 2020?

hi kevin, Currently im learning Angular so can u suggest other frameworks which i can use to be a better developer... Thanks

@KevinPowell

5 жыл бұрын

frameworks like Bootstrap? There are so many. Foundation is really popular too, but there are tons.

@anandroy793

5 жыл бұрын

@@KevinPowell should i start doing MEAN or learn REACT?

Kevin you should really start a podcast. You talk very smoothly and in a very understandable manner. Would love to listen to your podcast!

@KevinPowell

3 жыл бұрын

I've thought about it in the past, but I have no idea what I'd talk about!

@troika_473h

3 жыл бұрын

@@KevinPowell Honestly, anything! I would love to listen to some of the experiences you've encountered in projects/teaching/youtube, also your thoughts about different paradigms used in web development in general, and how the industry/web development has changed through the years to you. There are definitely many videos/talks about these subjects but I think we would all like to listen to Your perspective because we really appreciate it. A podcast is nice to do that because you wouldn't have to summarize your ideas and just talk freely.

I kind of wonder what do you think about Tailwind?

I know this was 5 years ago that you posted this. I stumbled upon this video because various ideas and thoughts have gotten me interested in bootstrap. For one it seems to have neat components like progress bars and easy alert bars that can be clicked away. Also a friend wanted me to make a Django website printer friendly plus I feel like it would make it easier to build a responsive website. But I watched a video before this where a guy was saying not to use bootstrap if you want to build a really nice UI UX website with all of these nifty back end tools. I know bootstrap is not backend. So I’m thinking should I learn it? I think I will but just like you said, I need to know when to used it based off of what kind of site I’m building. I guess my question is can I build a site using some bootstrap components but not built all using bootstrap?

@KevinPowell

Жыл бұрын

Only issue is it can bring in a lot of CSS you aren't using, but I do think they have some partial files for specific things (or you can use SASS and pick and choose in a pretty granular way)

I literally just learned bootstrap and I amazed by it lol. I think I'll just use it for grid though honestly and maybe for the navbar cause I like how you can make it responsive using boot. Also it seems good for a slider

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

Just make sure, if you're only using it for those things, to only import the parts you are using, or else you end up with a lot of CSS that you don't need.

@ryanjohnson7028

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Powell thanks for the tip!! I'm kinda newish to web development so I'm trying to just keep learning different things and get better!!!

Even if you have a minimal site why would anyone use a less popular framework that might not be updated or isn’t robust ?

I love writing super fast code... that people never have to "see". I don't know what my problem is, but UI's are always so painful for me. I'd be lethal, if I could get over this hump.

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

If you learn a framework well, it can let you write things faster. Just writting the html and using the right class names can leave very little CSS to do, beyond changing the visual style, the layout should be in place. A lot of people see frameworks as tools for newer people, but I think they're more tools for people who really know what they are doing, since you can understand what's going on behind the scenes and make the changes needed a lot quicker, instead of fighting against the framework. I don't think it should be used all the time, but you might be impressed with it after you give it a quick run through.

Thanks question has been answered

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome :)

I would love to see a PHP template built with the Bootstrap framework.

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

That could be fun, but my PHP is not the greatest... I'll keep it in mind though, but it might be awhile. Once I wrap up my current series I want to take a bit of a break before doing another long series.

Great!!! Thanks for Sharing!! ~ Peace :)

Excellent video on why, and why not use Bootstrap. Thanks, Kevin. {2021-08-06}

I think if you are designing your own site it’s probably ok but I found it more of a pain than help when I was getting sketch files from designers . Just use grid and flex and it’s simple enough

I guess Bootstrap could be helpful for quick prototyping, but it seems like way too many people are reliant on it to the point where they don't properly understand/learn real CSS. CSS grid is far superior for layouts and can do it without a download...

I want to relocate for job in USA please reply your opinion sir.. thank you

If i am designing a small website ,should i be using bootstrap or small css code will make it faster to loads then using whole bootstrap cdn ??

@KevinPowell

5 жыл бұрын

If you're using Bootstrap for a small site, ideally you'd be using Sass, as you could then omit all the stuff you don't want ot use. I think Bootstrap is great for really fast MVP (minimum viable product), but that coding something from scratch is usually going to be give a better overall site. Plus if it's a small site, it shouldn't be that long to code up anyway.

You need to look at Pinegrow

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Webflow, and some others like it. Even though I come from a design background, I find these visual editors to be more of a hassle than anything, to be honest with you, though I know a lot of people who love them. I don't think there is anything wrong with them, and if they work for you, that's awesome. Also, a lot of large projects are worked on by teams, and I'm curious to know how that would work as well.

I am ok with CSS and html. But new to all these frameworks. How easy it is to change bootstrap to get the feel you looking for in a site without just making a copy of what they offer. I mean can I bring other stuff from other sites like jquery or css animations and combine with bootstrap? does bootstrap allow me to change the grid as I want and change colors, fonts etc?

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

I do have a series out where I build a site using Bootstrap that might answer some of your questions! But quickly, it's super easy to customize. It actually uses jQuery, so that's part and parcel already, and you can totally add on top of it without any problem, bringing in whatever else you'd like. Any framework that is half-decent shouldn't do much more than providing you with a faster way to build the structure of your website. it takes the pain out having to build everything from scratch, and then you go and customize the crap out of it so it looks good! With that said, sometimes you do feel like you're fighting it a bit. They are improving this with Bootstrap 4 (which is still in beta, and buggy at the moment). Styling the Bootstrap 3 navigation isn't hard exactly, but they were really specific with some of their styles for reasons I can't explain. But again, the whole point of it is for it to set up the structure, leaving you more with the cosmetic aspects of the CSS to worry about.

@wimalranaweeratunga850

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for an awesome answer which cleared some of my doubts. I have more questions but I think I ll go and watch those videos where you are using bootstrap to build a site.

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Make sure to let me know what you think of it once you've watched a bit, and played around with it yourself!!

I liked the video and I agree. Me, myself I am using BootStrap for small projects, I think it's unprofessional to use BootStrap for a big and complicated projects, still that's my opinion.

Sir please make a Playlist for Vanilla JS please 🙏🙏🙏

I was thinking it was important to use. But.. Noo.. not for me. I haVe a vision of how to build my designs. And Bootstrap and my vision crashed like a lot. I have been living a bootstrap HELL no for a time. And Im glad to realize this. But true. I feel like I understand coding better after some stressfull bootstrap Wresteling

Thanks Kev! What's the title of the intro song? Haha

@KevinPowell

7 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I totally forgot to put the attribution in the description! Thanks for reminding me, hah. It's Tony's Belated Breakfast by Birocratic - soundcloud.com/birocratic/birocratic-tonys-belated-breakfast

Nice

how does the new Bootstrap compete with React, Material and Angular?

@ilowav

2 ай бұрын

its 2 different things. bootstrap is a css libary

Ecommerce Website Opencart with Bootstrap would be awesome

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

I've never used Opencart, so it might take me awhile to dig into it and make something with it, but I like the idea!

yes, you right. many people doesn't use #bootstrap correctly... when i saw #youtube video for learn bootstrap tutorial, many youtuber not describe bootstrap prpoperly...

hey Kevin, hope ur doing well I have a dream of a project which is a website since year ago, I didn't know anything about coding or how to setup a tools like bootstrap I was jumping between too many videos, I enrolled in many schools and camps for learning how to code there r many languages to choose many ways to build a website I really got confused ...in other words I NEED HELP !! I am fascinated with Flipboard, I wanna do a website inspired by Flipboard. I know its a big project for such a beginner but I really cant stop thinking about, I already draw on paper how this project will look like as a website and a mobile application. ur advice is appreciate it thank you

@islomboynazarov6035

5 жыл бұрын

Hi, it was not addressed to me but I wanted to jump in to share my experience being in your shoes a couple months ago. DON'T RUSH. You need an incremental improvement. So, 1. Don't watch all youtube videos. You will waste your time and big frustration is waiting for you on that way. Just buy a course in udemy for $10 and learn in quality. 2. Plan the learning content. Start from HTML5 and move CSS. At that point you will have enough motivation making good pages. Then you will start Javascript. Rest will be easy for you. Hope it will help!

Hi Kevin and many thanks for that. Yes, it is nearly 5 years ago, but your comments are still relevent today. I think what you said 'think clearly what you want Bootstrap to do'. So, I started using it a number of years ago and it seemed to work well with my past assignments. But, there were so many times I had to work around a problem that it seems like the code I was using (not from bootstrap) did not seem to work. I now realise why I have spent so many hours debugging. So, here is my take on using bootstrap. I will not be using it again. Only some of the elements. Why????..... I am part way building a site for a client and the navbar that I created was doing some strange things that I could not see why. So, I spent hours around getting it to work. So, I had to break down the code to the whole html template bit by bit. At this stage, I only used bootstrap for a few lines, but I still used the whole bootstrap.css file. As part of debugging the page, I removed the bootstrap.css file and wham. My navbar started doing exactly what I wanted it to do. However, the rest of the site went crazy. I really didn't realise that bootstrap.css controlled so much of the page. So, my advice for any mid level developers and above like myself who are confident using flexbox, grid, media queries, display and position.....don't use the whole file. Regards George (UK) PS: You're a brilliant teacher. My favourite on KZread (I follow you on a different login)

I liked your comment over best practices. Nice insight. I hadn't thought about that, about what I can learn from the smart people who built BS.

scss or tailwind css?

I have a question. Now that we have websites like Wix growing in popularity and things like WP themes that can be outsourced to really cheap companies, is it still worth, in 2017, to try to become a front end developer? I mean in terms of one person, spending their spare time to learn to build a nice looking but basic website with the hopes of it turning into a front end career.

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome question, and hard to answer to be honest with you. I have built / modified WordPress themes, and will be customizing a SquareSpace theme soon (and you can even build you own SquareSpace themes). I think services like Wix and Weebly take away from the low end, which doesn't bother me. If you're trying to freelance from home, you can be competing against people who are charging next to nothing to build a site anyway. That's not the clientel I would be after. Building a website for someone isn't just building them a site, it's solving a problem for them. That said, things are being more automated every day, but I think it's a more valuable skillset than a lot of other jobs out there right now, both in terms of current employability, as well as the future. I mean, try to name me a job/career choice that isn't at risk of being devalued or disappearing in the future. Plus I think it gives you a different way of thinking and approaching work, as well as transferable skills, when you look at the bigger picture. But maybe I'm being optimistic?

@ICheezI

6 жыл бұрын

I think having the skills to build a site, from scratch, without the aid of drag and drop utils is something that many companies would be interested in, but I think it's limited to a web dev company that offer a higher quality service.

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

I think most web dev companies would want people who can build from scratch. Many jobs won't be building sites, but maintaining them as well. But yes, higher quality service, which also means higher pay as well.

@ckernest

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Kevin. you mention that you build wordpress themes. Do you need to know a lot about PHP to do so? if yes, since PHP is a huge language, is there any specific topic we have to know about PHP in order to create our own theme? Thanks.

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

My PHP skills are... not the best, haha. But if you want to get into WP development, I'd start here: make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/best-practices/coding-standards/php/ - which looks at their coding standards, and then codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development for more info on theme development. It's all rather dry, but it goes over the very basics and should be a nice start.

I just learn it.

hi! sir i am a new code learner i want to learn html, css, and js, will i learn frist html, css, and js, then will i learn bootstrap? thanks for this video!

@KevinPowell

6 жыл бұрын

Get a good understanding of html & CSS. With that you can use Bootstrap. It's what led to me writing better CSS. JS is important, but practicing to build sites with html and CSS is key, and slowly start figuring out JS and using it in your projects.

@ericisinwisconsin

6 жыл бұрын

It will always be best to learn the core languages before going onto extensions, libraries or frameworks.

im building my first site and was going the wordpress route...which changed becasue i would have to create a theme from scratch to do what i needed...and ended up doing it in django..it was either spend time learning wordpress which is cool..or learn something a little more secure and less bloated..so i opted for django...then started making site look good with bootstrap and got stuck..so it was either spend time learning how to use bootstrap or just learn grid and flexbox...so i opted for that option...what a learning experience....this site was meant to be built in 1 month ..so far its nearly finished and its 3.5 months in...the sad part is ..the real nitty gritty part nobody will ever see..its for staff only ...its a recrutiment database back end..and a few basic forms front end thats all anyone will see...and the work to do the back end nearly killed me it was so tough...anyway thanks for your GREAT content.

@KevinPowell

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a heck of a journey and a really good (and maybe frustrating?) learning experience. Hopefully you'll have a chance to keep building more stuff (that more people can appreciate!)

Tailwind.css + Uikit.js best mix

Materialize is the BEST!!!

Question - “Should you use bootstrap?” Answer “Think carefully about how and when you should use bootstrap.”