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Alex Forseth
8,017 PointsDo I have to/do you recommend that I learn Jquery before moving on to bootstrap?
What are the disadvantages of not learning jquery before moving on to bootstrap? I want to learn bootstrap in order to have a sharper tool for responsive designing. I realize that Jquery will have to be learned at some point (i am on the front-end developer track) , but I have some professional projects that need to get done.
What is the best way to go about this? I do not want to be lost while learning bootstrap - I would like to grasp the concepts.
3 Answers
Nick Trabue
Courses Plus Student 12,666 PointsBootstrap itself does not require jquery. You can absolutely learn a huge chunk of bootstrap without any knowledge of javascript or jquery. Knowing jquery can help you enhance the user experience of your bootstrap project but I think you could honestly get away with including jquery library in your HTML to use pre-built bootstrap tools.
See their instillation instructions here
Many of our components require the use of JavaScript to function. Specifically, they require jQuery, Popper.js, and our own JavaScript plugins. Place the following <script>s near the end of your pages, right before the closing </body> tag, to enable them. jQuery must come first, then Popper.js, and then our JavaScript plugins.
I learned bootstrap mostly on my own with little to no Javascript experience. It certainly makes things harder but it's very possible.
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 PointsYou are serious? Introduction to jQuery course, that before Bootstrap, is only 91-minute long. You don't need to know all aspects of jQuery to learn Bootstrap, but Bootstrap uses jQuery and you must understand it basic principles. But. of course, you may skip this course, it's your choice.
Alex Forseth
8,017 Points...Its never actually 91 minutes long.
You mock my question and then fail to even answer it.
You: "You don't need to learn jquery .....but to learn bootstrap you have to learn its basic principles..its up to you"
^Thank You. That cleared it up.
Every single introductory tutorial on the internet I have come across mentions that it will cover Jquery but its not a pre requisite. The treehouse track has jquery before bootsrap. You don't understand why I might be curious as to why and if I should learn it beforehand?
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 PointsI mean, that "to learn bootstrap you have to learn its basic principles", it only my opinion, because Bootstrap uses jQuery and you asked for a recommendation. But you can skip jQuery course (and introduction is only 91-minute https://teamtreehouse.com/library/introduction-to-jquery) anyway. I advise you not to waste time talking, but just go through it. I do not impose my opinion.