Question

How can you get Bootstrap?

Answer 1

There are two ways to get Bootstrap on our own web site. 

• Download Bootstrap.
• Include Bootstrap from a CDN.

Download Bootstrap

We can download the latest version of Bootstrap. When we click on this link we will see screen like this.



Now if we click on the Download Bootstrap button, another page will open like this:



There are two versions available for download, compiled Bootstrap and Bootstrap source files.

• Download Bootstrap
  
  By clicking on this option, we can download the precompiled and minified versions of Bootstrap CSS, JavaScript, and fonts.
  
  After downloading, we will unzip the folder and we will find the following subfolders inside that.
  
  
   
• Download Source
  
  By clicking on this option, we can get the latest Bootstrap LESS and JavaScript source code.
  
  For better understanding we'll focus on the compiled Bootstrap files. As the files are compiled and minified we don't have to bother every time including separate files for individual functionality. It will also increase the performance of our website.

Bootstrap CDN

If we don't want to download, we can include it from a CDN (Content Delivery Network). MaxCDN provides CDN support for Bootstrap's CSS and JavaScript and also includes jQuery. We can use Bootstrap CDN links,

1. <!-- Latest compiled and minified CSS -->   
2. <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css">   
3. <!-- jQuery library -->   
4. <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.0/jquery.min.js"></script>   
5. <!-- Latest compiled JavaScript -->   
6. <script src="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>