It’s always impressive when a large organisation gives something back to the community. Twitter’s Open-source Bootstrap framework has just been updated to 2.0 with a whole ton of changes and updates. Bootstrap is becoming increasingly popular amoungst the web development community and I have recently used it myself on a number of projects.
Bootstrap is a simple and flexible HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework; or possibly more accurately a collection of frameworks and widgets. Not only is it all loaded up with HTML5 and CSS3 goodness but its also built on my personal CSS pre-processor of choice LESS. Its very clean, very easy to use and very well thought through. If you are starting a new web project I would suggest you take a look at what it can offer you, its a great way to ‘start from nearly done’, to steal an expression formally used by Microsoft .NET team.
From the Bootsrtrap homepage: –
Built for and by nerds
Like you, we love building awesome products on the web. We love it so much, we decided to help people just like us do it easier, better, and faster. Bootstrap is built for you.
For all skill levels
Bootstrap is designed to help people of all skill level—designer or developer, huge nerd or early beginner. Use it as a complete kit or use to start something more complex.
Cross-everything
Originally built with only modern browsers in mind, Bootstrap has evolved to include support for all major browsers (even IE7!) and, with Bootstrap 2, tablets and smartphones, too.
12-column grid
Grid systems aren’t everything, but having a durable and flexible one at the core of your work can make development much simpler. Use our built-in grid classes or roll your own.
Responsive design
With Bootstrap 2, we’ve gone fully responsive. Our components are scaled according to a range of resolutions and devices to provide a consistent experience, no matter what.
Styleguide docs
Unlike other front-end toolkits, Bootstrap was designed first and foremost as a styleguide to document not only our features, but best practices and living, coded examples.
Growing library
Despite being only 10kb (gzipped), Bootstrap is one of the most complete front-end toolkits out there with dozens of fully functional components ready to be put to use.
Custom jQuery plugins
What good is an awesome design component without easy-to-use, proper, and extensible interactions? With Bootstrap, you get custom-built jQuery plugins to bring your projects to life.
Built on LESS
Where vanilla CSS falters, LESS excels. Variables, nesting, operations, and mixins in LESS makes coding CSS faster and more efficient with minimal overhead.
HTML5
Built to support new HTML5 elements and syntax.
CSS3
Progressively enhanced components for ultimate style.
Open-source
Built for and maintained by the community via GitHub.
Made at Twitter
Brought to you by an experienced engineer and designer.
Checkout Twitter Bootstrap 2.0 right here: http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/