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Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Re: Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Post by alabut »

pault wrote: post #18
ineedtosleep wrote: post #14

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I second the entire comment -- well, excluding the programmer lacking design skills. As a developer with a decent amount of design skills, what I love is that their defaults are extremely easy to customise and extend where necessary. > I'm also amazed at how often I spot it now. Seems like it's everywhere. I also see it everywhere, which is the main impetus for me to come up with a completely customised version that…

I suspect we will see a wave of "skins" released for it soon.

I'm creating a library of design patterns for BS, so ping me if you want to be included.

EDIT: I'm sorry I don't have a signup list yet! Just email me at my HN username at gmail and I'll send out an alert that way.

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Post by pault »

alabut wrote: post #21
pault wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suspect we will see a wave of "skins" released for it soon.

I'm creating a library of design patterns for BS, so ping me if you want to be included. EDIT: I'm sorry I don't have a signup list yet! Just email me at my HN username at gmail and I'll send out an alert that way.

Do you have a public repo?

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Post by jsavimbi »

I've found Bootstrap to be best employed as a basic framework for what I would call working applications where the user is required to perform many repetitive tasks on the application throughout their work day. It lends itself very well for dashboards, admin consoles, backoffice and reporting tools, etc. And Twitter, of course. I would use the most very basic scaffolding (containers, rows and spans) for a marketing site, but it's also extremely helpful for producing working wireframes.

To whit, over the past two weeks I completely redid a support application using Bootstrap and my output CSS totals ~250 lines, whereas before it was somewhere around ~2600 when it was all said and done. My current .js file has two functions in it. I think we've found a winner here.

Another benefit is that a developer not well-versed in the front-end is easily able to build a basic, functioning front-end to an app with small learning curve, and I'm going to assume that they'll be able to work on an app that already has it. Or so I hope, because after twelve years, I'm a little sick and tired of writing said code.

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Post by pgroves »

I don't get it. What does this tool accomplish that isn't accomplished by putting the collected color definitions in a second style sheet and "cascading" it with the standard bootstrap.css? (I'm really asking not being sarcastic.)

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Post by kunle »

alabut wrote: post #21
pault wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suspect we will see a wave of "skins" released for it soon.

I'm creating a library of design patterns for BS, so ping me if you want to be included. EDIT: I'm sorry I don't have a signup list yet! Just email me at my HN username at gmail and I'll send out an alert that way.

would love to be included. Would be cool also if you could allow users just plug in any palette from www.colourlovers.com or patterns from subtlepatterns.com which would add quick/mass customization of a site and really simple/sweet A/B testing.

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Post by tlack »

pgroves wrote: post #24

I don't get it. What does this tool accomplish that isn't accomplished by putting the collected color definitions in a second style sheet and "cascading" it with the standard bootstrap.css? (I'm really asking not being sarcastic.)

A lot of people can't/don't use LESS, which means that a lot of precompiled rules have to be overriden in a tiresome way. For instance if you change the grid sizes you have to adjust a couple different CSS attributes. This tool generates everything in a precomputed easy to digest manner.

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Post by yurylifshits »

alabut wrote: post #21
pault wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suspect we will see a wave of "skins" released for it soon.

I'm creating a library of design patterns for BS, so ping me if you want to be included. EDIT: I'm sorry I don't have a signup list yet! Just email me at my HN username at gmail and I'll send out an alert that way.

post it to HN once it's ready )

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Post by mgcross »

Periodic wrote: post #7

After playing around with Bootstrap, I realized what a huge boon it was to my projects (programmer lacking in design skills). One thing I like about it is I don't have to pick colors. It does the border, button, text, and nav-bar colors for me. I don't trust myself to pick my own colors! I would really like a way to preview or be able to pick some other colors other people have made. Maybe you could expose a perma-li…

If you need a responsive grid with a similar aesthetic, check out Zurb's Foundation: http://foundation.zurb.com

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Post by joelhaasnoot »

mgcross wrote: post #28
Periodic wrote: post #7

After playing around with Bootstrap, I realized what a huge boon it was to my projects (programmer lacking in design skills). One thing I like about it is I don't have to pick colors. It does the border, button, text, and nav-bar colors for me. I don't trust myself to pick my own colors! I would really like a way to preview or be able to pick some other colors other people have made. Maybe you could expose a perma-li…

If you need a responsive grid with a similar aesthetic, check out Zurb's Foundation: http://foundation.zurb.com

It isn't as fully featured, but is a great, simple alternative that works well on mobile also.

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Post by alabut »

yurylifshits wrote: post #27
alabut wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm creating a library of design patterns for BS, so ping me if you want to be included. EDIT: I'm sorry I don't have a signup list yet! Just email me at my HN username at gmail and I'll send out an alert that way.

post it to HN once it's ready )

Absolutely! Definitely inspired by all the Bootstrap activity I've been seeing here lately. Here's another one - a form builder based on Bootstrap and jquery:

http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=3442883

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