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by davidw 4505 days ago
> I don't see why people need to use Bootstrap at all.

So you can get your product to market faster.

In many cases, stock Bootstrap ends up being fine to keep even when you're up and running, as 99% of people on the internet don't even know what Bootstrap is, or care, as long as your site works for them.
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hiphopyo 4505 days ago
> So you can get your product to market faster.

So basically it's for people not too familiar with HTML and CSS? Ie. like a WordPress theme?

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davidw 4505 days ago
Or people who are not interested in dealing with the cross platform complexities of HTML and CSS over multiple browsers, mobile, and so on when someone else has kindly solved the problem for them. Maybe they have other things to worry about such as marketing or work on the rest of the product.
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hiphopyo 4505 days ago
That makes sense, thank you. But for those of you who find Bootstrap a little bit overkill, do check out:

https://github.com/h5bp/mobile-boilerplate

https://github.com/paranoida/css3-media-queries-boilerplate

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k-mcgrady 4505 days ago
Not at all. It saves you from writing the same boilerplate code you write nearly every time you start a project. Familiarity with HTML and CSS has nothing to do with it.
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