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Mobile First Bootstrap Paperback – December 31, 2013

by Alexandre Magno (Author)
2.1 2.1 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
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    December 31, 2013
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Packt Pub Ltd (December 31, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 92 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1783285796
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1783285792
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.19 x 9.25 inches
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    2.1 2.1 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

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Pieter
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2014
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Nothing new that isn't on the official Bootstrap website. Disappointing. Rather look on the bootstrap site which is actually quite good.
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Nose Holes
2.0 out of 5 stars I think the writing is atrocious. Sample chapter available, decide for yourself.
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2014
The publisher makes the complete Chapter 2 available online here: [removed]. You will have to Google it, I guess.

I read the entire thing and found myself re-reading sentences over and over again because of the incredibly bad writing. It seems clear to me that English is not the author's native language. Less clear is whether or not the author's work was poorly translated from some other language, or if the author just did the best that he could with a mediocre grasp of English. Either way, I will not be purchasing this book. I gave it two stars because at least the book was quick to market. Bootstrap 3 is essentially brand new from a published book point of view.

Here are some samples of the poor writing:

"To follow up on this currently changing paradigm, the development cycle finds its way to follow this new scenario."

"We got in touch with the issues with relative units. We saw that Bootstrap tries to explore the EM unit but still has a counterpart that overlaps its benefits, so Bootstrap still has to deal with pixels and use it to define font sizing."

"With so many limitations on one side, and the power of flexibility on another side, the mobile and tablet just cannot be a substitute for the huge and wide desktop screens."

Ugh.
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Ian Doremus
3.0 out of 5 stars Lots of information, not for the beginner
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2014
About me: I have not used a framework before and like most website developers I am interested in the latest technology for responsive website design. I had heard of Bootstrap but never experimented with it.

I thought Mobile first Bootstrap was an interesting read. It is a short book, about 86 pages, but was packed with information. At first I assumed this would be a quick walkthrough of Bootstrap or a tutorial on how to build a Bootstrap site. Rather then either of those I discovered the book is more of a discussion one would have with a close friend; a friend who is very passionate about Bootstrap and passionate about the right way to implement it.

The book is packed with a plethora of insider tips, links to articles that explain some of the topics in the book and a running discussion of the best way to build a web app and frustrations over some of the technology that is not ready for production.

This book is not necessarily for the novice who is looking for clear instructions on how to build a new site. Although chapter four covers building a simple Twitter app, I think it was thrown in more as an afterthought. As an example the author and Bootstrap rely on using LESS for style sheets - but there is no mention of how to use the LESS syntax.

In the beginning of the book the author mentions how Bootstrap is now implemented with Jekyll and Bower and instructs one on how to install a local environment, along with git, ruby and node.js. I had assumed I would use this environment in building the app later in the book. I later find out all these dependencies were to host a local version of the Bootstrap docs.

As I said in the beginning, this book is packed full of information, especially for the number of pages. Choosing how to use this information is up to you. Personally I now have a greater appreciation for breakpoints and semantic markup.
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Joseph
4.0 out of 5 stars A good overview of mobile first development :)
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2014
The other day, I could put a hand on Mobile First Bootstrap so I gave it a try. Why is that ? Well, I’m mostly a Java developer, and there is no plan yet to move our 10 years old web app to something recent, but still I’m willing to keep an eye on Mobile First and the like, so Mobile First Bootstrap looked attractive.

In short, with my limited daily use of html and mobile related web apps, it was really instructive. The book does a lot to present the differences between desktop and mobile and provides helpful ways of solving them both. Well, actually, turns out the help comes from the third version of Bootstrap, but still, the overview and the solutions presented are interesting. For example, the way Bootstrap components display differently depending on the resolution is really impressive. And it’s not something straightforward to get by just looking at the github project, as I did before.

I like as well the way tools and useful libraries are covered… My coworkers already had some samples of it. IMHO it’s a part which is always bit tricky to get purely online (which tools, which libraries to go to for what), so I really appreciate.

However, I feel some parts would have deserved a deeper coverage, especially the bit about touch enhancement through jquery mobile, which then interacts with Bootstrap own’s JavaScript. If ever I want to go more into this direction, I would have to dig around significantly: the book doesn’t provide enough leads, IMHO, which it does for the rest.

In terms of target audience, I guess people already pretty familiar with Bootstrap would already know most of the content of the book. Neither does the book contain any extra hint on how to make the latest crazy hot design magic.

In the end, a book worth reading, putting my web design knowledge on a better foot. Exactly what I wanted !
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Andy Stewart
1.0 out of 5 stars WAY too light on detail
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2014
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This book is way, way, WAY too light on detail, it's only has 77 pages and only about 60 of those actually discuss bootstrap (the rest being table of contents, index, conventions and intro).

You get a lot more detail from the actual bootstrap website, I am returning this book straight away!

Don't bother.
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Pierre
2.0 out of 5 stars Très moyen
Reviewed in France on January 10, 2014
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Ce livre est très court et survole la plupart des sujets abordés. J'en suis aux 2/3 et je n'ai pas appris grand chose. Le 1er tiers est purement théorique, le 2eme aborde vaguement certainement des fonctionnalités présentes dans bootstrap 3 mais il suffit d'aller sur le site dédié pour en apprendre autant sinon plus ! Passez votre chemin.
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J. Robinson
1.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, I hope the proof reader wasn't paid very much.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 27, 2014
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I was disappointed in this book, not for somebody looking for a simple solution for understanding Bootstrap and the English, to the native English speaker is a touch irritating.
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