I'm launching a not-so-critical thing in 2 or 3 months, currently using Bootstrap 3.
Is it safe to adopt 4 right now, to be more future-proof? I don't mind bugs that eventually will be fixed but is the API stable enough?
Bootstrap 4 alpha
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Re: Bootstrap 4 alpha
#62Also launching official bootstrap themes: http://themes.getbootstrap.com/collections/all Edit: unfortunately though, the 'dashboard' theme is not fully responsive (tables (order history) in mobile view)
the Dashboard one looks nice, but is currently (of course) still using Bootstrap 3. anyone knows if there's a free upgrade to a BS4 version once released?
Re: Bootstrap 4 alpha
#63One amazing thing to note is that in v3.3.5 (last stable) bootstrap.min.css was at ~123kb. The new 4.0.0 alpha bootstrap.min.css is at ~88kb. WOW. That's just amazing. Congrats to everyone who worked on this project. I'm always so impressed with the work done on it! Also, I want to add, I don't care where you land on the side of the debate whether to use Bootstrap or not, there is some very smart minds behind the pro…
>>> I don't care where you land on the side of the debate whether to use Bootstrap or not.
I used to be totally against Bootstrap for a myriad of reasons. Then I got hired to build a fairly complex transactional application for a large health care organization under a tight schedule.
Bootstrap allowed me to get a UI up and running super fast with all the components I needed, out of the box. It literally saved me hundreds of hours of work. I look at it completely different now.
This version looks pretty sweet and I'm already eyeing up version 4 for a few future projects I've got in the hopper.
Re: Bootstrap 4 alpha
#64Means Bootstrap is a few years behind Foundation...
Re: Bootstrap 4 alpha
#65This is the most important part of the announcement
>For the foreseeable future, we’ll be maintaining Bootstrap 3 with critical bug fixes and documentation improvements. v3 docs will also continue to be hosted after v4’s final release.
Re: Bootstrap 4 alpha
#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
They only provide one type of license: http://themes.getbootstrap.com/pages/our-license It is comparable to the "Multiple Applications License" provided by WrapBootstrap. Still relatively expensive since most Multiple Applications Licenses are under $99.
Do I live in some sort of parrallel universe that thinks a well documented base design for dashboard/app that will presumably continue to mature for $99 is SUPER STINKING CHEAP? If this is officially supported by the Bootstrap project - this to me feels like a nuts deal.
You live in a superposition. It is very cheap! Yet when people are selling the same thing for $4, it also looks like a lot, even though it isn't. I recently bought some themes and I had to make a conscious effort to simply ignore the price. In fact, I wish such sites had an option to hide all pricing info.
(Same in mobile apps. $5 is a steal for a decent app/game, by any direct measure of value. But comparatively, $5 is way more than most apps.)
Re: Bootstrap 4 alpha
#67How come the "extra small" buttons are larger than the "small" ones?
Re: Bootstrap 4 alpha
#68You're moving too fast. I just migrated mine app to 3.
Re: Bootstrap 4 alpha
#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow, $99.
$99 to have your site look like hundreds of others? No thanks.
Another way to look at it is that if your boss asks you to build a dashboard for a project at work, then $99 is a drop in the ocean for a quality dashboard theme built by the people that built bootstrap.
Re: Bootstrap 4 alpha
#70Also launching official bootstrap themes: http://themes.getbootstrap.com/collections/all Edit: unfortunately though, the 'dashboard' theme is not fully responsive (tables (order history) in mobile view)
the Dashboard one looks nice, but is currently (of course) still using Bootstrap 3. anyone knows if there's a free upgrade to a BS4 version once released?
all upgrades will be free, once v4 is stable :)