HTML5 Boilerplate vs Twitter Bootstrap with JQuery and JQueryUI [closed]

Question

I would like advice on whether to use HTML 5 Boilerplate or Twitter Bootstrap for a web application which may use JQuery UI controls.

Also is it possible for me to replace the Bootstrap controls with JQuery UI equivalents?

Thanks in advance

Stephen

Answer 1

Yesterday, Nicolas Gallagher opened a new issue on H5BP's github repo regarding H5BP + Twitter Bootstrap integration. We'll see how that goes.

Also yesterday, Addy Osmani - the author of jQuery UI Bootstrap, opened the floor to voting on whether or not jQuery UI Bootstrap should be updated to Bootstrap 2.0, which is to be released on Jan 31 (of 2012, for those of you visiting from the future). Not a single down-vote was seen, so you can probably expect a jQuery UI Bootstrap-2.0 soon.

If you don't want to wait to integrate H5BP and Bootstrap checkout Mickael Daniel's h5bp + twitter bootstrap integration shell script. It won't give you the Bootstrap controls with JQuery UI equivalents you asked for, though.

Bootstrap and H5BP solve 2 different problems. The former is a front-end toolkit "designed to kickstart development of webapps and sites" whereas the latter is more of a solid foundation to build upon (it's not really a "boilerplate", as pointed out in its history wiki page).

Answer 2

Have you tried: http://www.initializr.com/

Generates template based on HTML5 Boilerplate with options that include bootstrap