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What is Bootstrap, Why do we use it?

Bootstrap is one of the famous front-end frameworks which is created by former Twitter employees Jacob Thornton and Mark Otto. Bootstrap is free, open source and one of the most famous HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework for developing the mobile-first and responsive website. You can create the rich-featured responsive site with just basic knowledge of HTML and CSS. Bootstrap provides the wide range of premade template including forms, tables, buttons, typography, navigation, modals, Dropdowns, Alerts, Tabs, Accordion, Carousel and JavaScript plugins.

With Bootstrap, you can create a responsive site easily without wasting a lot of time.

Bootstrap required three main files:

CSS – it is a Bootstrap framework for CSS.
js – it is a Bootstrap framework for JavaScript/jQuery.
glyphicons – it provides the wide range of icon fonts.
You can use jQuery with Bootstrap to add additional features. It is very popular among developers and widely used JavaScript library.

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