Should I use Bootstrap? [closed]

Question

I'm about to embark on a very large front end build project, and probably reusing the same grid for many sites. The back-end developers in my team are raving and raving about Bootstrap and how we should be using it.

I've started using it and it's very good, but our grid has become more complex than the Bootstrap one. So I've drilled into the LESS files and added some of my own rules and modified the responsive grid. I also might need to change and add the media queries in there.

So my question is, considering that I'm having to change and customize Bootstrap quite a bit, would it be best practice to do this or create my grid/framework from scratch?

Answer 1

I would suggest that you use bootstrap and apply customizations per you needs. In our case, we provide a couple of additional .less files, and @import them in bootstrap.less. We use one for variables, imported right below variables.less and one for classes, imported at the end of the boostrap.less list. This way, you ensure that you can override both variables and classes, and include your own, while at the same time you remain compatible with future bootstrap updates

Answer 2

first check how many things you have to build in twitter bootstrap to match it with your framework. i think twitter bootstrap comes with responsive grids so you don't have to work with lots of stuff + Less is there to customize the way you want. check http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/less.html

if the no. of functionality's are too much then think in terms of project budget and in future how twitter bootstrap can be useful. it will answer everything i guess :)