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Suggestion for you FAQ: > 4) Why use Bootstrap? > Because Bootstrap is the most widely adopted development framework, with the largest thriving community and m
by jordanlev 11y ago
Suggestion for you FAQ:
> 4) Why use Bootstrap?
> Because Bootstrap is the most widely adopted development framework, with the largest thriving community and most extensive documentation.
How about something a little better than "because everyone else is using it", such as:
"Bootstrap gives us a common vocabulary of classes and components that makes it easier for beginners to build fully-functioning markup, and makes it easier for developers of all levels to communicate with one another. It also provides constraints on the otherwise-unlimited possibilities of HTML+CSS which makes it possible for us to build this GUI tool that interacts with it."
- smaili 11y agoAgreed. And if you really wanted to, you could supplement it: "...making it the most widely adopted development framework."
- elchief 11y agoMeh, it's not a terrible way to market something: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_proof https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_proof Also, the more CDNs using it, the more likely is to be in your browser cache, and the easier it is to find devs.
- volaski 11y agoThere's too much fluff in that description. If i were a potential user and saw that line, i would just close the tab without trying to understand what you're trying to say. The op rightly described the essence of what makes bootstrap compelling imo.
- jordanlev 11y agoNot being able to understand something doesn't make it "fluff". I believe that there is actual meaning to what I wrote (maybe you disagree, and that's okay... but it would be nice to hear what exactly you think is "fluffy" about my explanation).
- krotton 11y agoAs opposed to the original explanation, yours actually applies to virtually any CSS framework, so makes no argument after all.