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What's always surprised me is people taking the compiled CSS and working directly off of that. I thought the whole point was that since it's LESS, you can chan

• autoreverse 14y ago
  Because sometimes LESS is more (learning curve)
• dolphenstein 14y ago
  Easy until you try to upgrade.
  • lowboy 14y ago
    It makes the upgrade process easier if you stick to only making changes in their variables.less file[0], or even better creating a copy of it and including that instead in bootstrap.less. Heck, you can even just create your own top-level myproject.less file and copy over the includes you need using bootstrap.less[1] as a template. [0]: https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/blob/master/less/variables.less https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/blob/master/less/variab... [1]: https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/blob/master/less/bootstrap.less https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/blob/master/less/bootst...
    • deservingend 14y ago
      Just import bootstrap.less into your own project's main less file and go from there.
• deleted 14y ago
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• lowboy 14y ago
  Agreed. Most of the time you end up with a smaller file as it's easier to comment out the various modules as you're going as opposed to downloading customized builds from the website as you work. Also, if Sass/Compass is more your cup of tea, there's a well-maintained port of Bootstrap[0]. [0]: https://github.com/jlong/sass-twitter-bootstrap https://github.com/jlong/sass-twitter-bootstrap