Introduction

Introducing components in Bootstrap

In the first two chapters of this course, we learned about containers, rows, column grids, and utility classes. We’ve got enough basics to start using all that Bootstrap 4 offers. Components in Bootstrap are the result of the fast evolution of layouts on the web. In his book Don’t Make Me Think, Steve Krug writes about how users come to expect certain norms and patterns in design. For example, we wouldn’t expect to have a steering wheel on a laundry machine, just like we wouldn’t expect a lid to cover up the top of a dashboard in a car.

Krug argues that we ...