Bootstrap 3.1 released • Hacker News Board

Re: Bootstrap 3.1 released

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Post by pcorsaro » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 6:00 PM UTC

jcomis wrote: post #8

Official Sass port. That's pretty big news.

The SASS port might be the thing that gets me to upgrade from 2.3 to 3 finally.

Re: Bootstrap 3.1 released

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Post by ncavig » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 6:02 PM UTC

ChikkaChiChi wrote: post #9

jcomis wrote: post #8

Official Sass port. That's pretty big news.

At the expense of not Googling it on my own, can someone provide a quick rundown of why this is a big deal? What's the difference between Sass and LESS?

Short answer; preference.

Re: Bootstrap 3.1 released

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Post by noir_lord » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 6:04 PM UTC

I absolutely adore Bootstrap (and v3 was a big upgrade).

As a primarily backend developer with mediocre at best front end knowledge (and terrible design sense) it is an absolute joy to work with.

EDIT: Also reading the blog post they moved license to MIT, this makes me a happy bunny as well.

Re: Bootstrap 3.1 released

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Post by isuraed » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 6:06 PM UTC

In the documentation pages they have inexplicably moved the navigation links to the right side.

Re: Bootstrap 3.1 released

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Post by swalsh » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 6:11 PM UTC

I was playing with this yesterday, what happened to scaffolding?

Re: Bootstrap 3.1 released

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Post by gtaylor » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 6:12 PM UTC

As someone who still stinks at basic layouts, the extra examples here are really helpful: http://getbootstrap.com/getting-started/#examples

It's good to see how things are done after all of the bells and whistles have been stripped away. None of these are beautiful, but they help illustrate different concepts.

Re: Bootstrap 3.1 released

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Post by ihsw » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 6:13 PM UTC

ChikkaChiChi wrote: post #9

jcomis wrote: post #8

Official Sass port. That's pretty big news.

At the expense of not Googling it on my own, can someone provide a quick rundown of why this is a big deal? What's the difference between Sass and LESS?

Official support from the Bootstrap team rather than third-party support. Sass and LESS releases will be hand-in-hand now rather than staggered.

Re: Bootstrap 3.1 released

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Post by ahallock » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 6:15 PM UTC

Love the Sass port. My one complaint with Bootstrap is that its grid system uses float instead of inline-block. Is it easy to use a different grid system with Bootstrap without breaking its other components?

Re: Bootstrap 3.1 released

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Post by Trufa » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 6:17 PM UTC

jcomis wrote: post #8

Official Sass port. That's pretty big news.

The main reason I chose LESS was because of bootstrap support, I'm extremely happy with it and can't believe I didn't start with it before.

I'll see how this port goes, but I've read some good stuff about SASS: http://css-tricks.com/sass-vs-less/

Any other points anyone can make for SASS against LESS?

Re: Bootstrap 3.1 released

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Post by noir_lord » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 6:21 PM UTC

CSDude wrote: post #10

I like bootstrap but padding and margins are way too big, I always reduce them via .less they provide. Not everyone has retina display. Or it looks very big still in 1680x1050

Out of curiosity what do you find a good alternative, I've noticed they are quite wide myself but never got around to changing it.