How did twitter make bootstrap?
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Bootstrap was an internal project by Mark Otto and Jacob Thornton in mid-2010.
Before it went opensource, it was known as “Twitter Blueprint”
After some months into the project, Twitter held its first HACK WEEK. During which, a lot of developers with different skillset and experience jumped into the project and the project exploded.!
Bootstrap served as a style guide for internal tools of Twitter for a year before its public release.
It is still being used on twitter, bits and pieces for the main “twitter.com” and majorly for other
internal tools.
HACK WEEK
- During the hack week, twitter employees make small teams and work on projects which are not a part of their day to day work. At the end of the week, they submit their projects to the management and they decide whether a project should be developed right away, or should it be kept to be developed in the future. The remaining projects act as inspiration. They also have a dedicated twitter handle for it : @hackweek
Twitter Blueprint: Started as an internal project in 2010
| Bootstrap Version | Release | Major Updates |
| Twitter Bootstrap (Bootstrap 1) | – First Public release on 19 August 2011 | |
| Bootstrap 2 | Released on 31st January | Built-in support for Glyphicons Responsive Web Desing Support |
| Bootstrap 3 | Released on 19th August 2013 | Flat Design Mobile-First approach |
| Bootstrap 4 | Alpha Release on 19th August 2015 – Beta Release on 10th August 2017 – Final Release on 18th January 2018 | Replaced LESS with Sass Addition of Reboot Dropped support of IE8, IE9 and IOS 6 Flexbox support Switched units from Pixels to root ems Increased global font size from 14px to 16px Dropped panel, thumbnail, pager and well components Dropped Glyphicons |
| Bootstrap 5- Alpha | Alpha Release on 16th June 2020 | Dropped jQuery for Vanilla Javascript Grid support to columns placed outside the rows Documentation migrated from Jekyll to Hugo Dropped support for IE10 and IE11 Updated forms RTL Support Offcanvas Menu |
Popularity of Bootstrap
The fact is bootstrap is the first choice of developers. This is a screenshot of Google trends that shows that despite having such a lot of competitors, bootstrap is always the first choice.
Moreover, Bootstrap is the seventh-most-starred project on GitHub, with more than 144,000 stars.
Some prediction says by 2020 over 25 billion connected ‘things’ will be in use and more than half of major new business processes and systems will incorporate some element of the IoT. Simply put nearly everything will be connected. What impact will this have on your business? On a basic level, connecting objects in your office means when supplies are low they can be ordered automatically or
your watch can pinpoint when and where you spend your time and are most productive. Data and metrics means enhanced efficiency and productivity, automating trivial tasks means valuable time is available to spend on important projects. Are you starting to get the picture?According to W3Techs, bootstrap is used by 21% of websites in August 2020.