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This is the answer I've been hoping to hear.

SkyMarshal 13y ago
Or just don't use the parts of Bootstrap you don't need, it's fully modular. Four steps for pairing BS down to your bare essentials: 1. Clone the repo [0]. 2. Hide unneeded JS modules: Open ./Gruntfile.js [1], scroll down to `concat` task, delete or comment the JS files you don't need. 3. Hide unneeded CSS: Open ./less/bootstrap.less [2], delete or comment Less includes you don't need. 4. Run the `grunt` task to recompile it. Voila, lightweight, stripped down Bootstrap with only the parts you care about, in less than 5m. The beauty of frontend build systems. A side benefit is once you adapt a build system for your frontend, you can add all sorts of additional customizations [3] to it, BS just provides a nice initial setup for that. [0]:https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap [1]:https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/Gruntfile.js https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/Gruntfile.js [2]:https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/less/bootstrap.less https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/less/bootstrap... [3]:http://gruntjs.com/plugins http://gruntjs.com/plugins
- LoonyPandora 13y ago
  Or even simpler, use the customizer [0] to download the bits you want. A few checkboxes and you're done. [0] http://getbootstrap.com/customize/ http://getbootstrap.com/customize/
  - SkyMarshal 13y ago
    That works too, though you don't get the reusable build system, just the compiled output of it.
  - scarecrowbob 13y ago
    True... but often I get a feature request and so rather than adding another file, it's often easier for me to just uncomment something that was previously unneeded.
ahahah 13y ago
https://github.com/neiesc/ListOfMinimalistFrameworks https://github.com/neiesc/ListOfMinimalistFrameworks
admnor 13y ago
Well hurrah for the internet. Wait long enough and read selectively enough and you can always get the answer you want.

Or just don't use the parts of Bootstrap you don't need, it's fully modular. Four steps for pairing BS down to your bare essentials: 1. Clone the repo [0]. 2. Hide unneeded JS modules: Open ./Gruntfile.js [1], scroll down to `concat` task, delete or comment the JS files you don't need. 3. Hide unneeded CSS: Open ./less/bootstrap.less [2], delete or comment Less includes you don't need. 4. Run the `grunt` task to recompile it. Voila, lightweight, stripped down Bootstrap with only the parts you care about, in less than 5m. The beauty of frontend build systems. A side benefit is once you adapt a build system for your frontend, you can add all sorts of additional customizations [3] to it, BS just provides a nice initial setup for that. [0]:https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap [1]:https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/Gruntfile.js https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/Gruntfile.js [2]:https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/less/bootstrap.less https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/less/bootstrap... [3]:http://gruntjs.com/plugins http://gruntjs.com/plugins

LoonyPandora 13y ago
Or even simpler, use the customizer [0] to download the bits you want. A few checkboxes and you're done. [0] http://getbootstrap.com/customize/ http://getbootstrap.com/customize/
- SkyMarshal 13y ago
  That works too, though you don't get the reusable build system, just the compiled output of it.
- scarecrowbob 13y ago
  True... but often I get a feature request and so rather than adding another file, it's often easier for me to just uncomment something that was previously unneeded.

ahahah 13y ago

https://github.com/neiesc/ListOfMinimalistFrameworks https://github.com/neiesc/ListOfMinimalistFrameworks

admnor 13y ago

Well hurrah for the internet. Wait long enough and read selectively enough and you can always get the answer you want.