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Posted by Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

Which Bootstrap with Sass do I download?

It is possible to download Bootstrap with Sass. First, do I need to if I want to use Sass instead of Less? As I understand it, all my CSS work should be done in a separate file used to modify the base Bootstrap CSS. Does it then matter that Bootstrap uses Less?

If I should use the Sass version, which one do I install? I have done the beginning Sass lessons and installed Ruby on my computer. It is running properly. The three options are:

  1. Ruby on Rails
  2. Compass not on Rails
  3. Bower

I do not understand the difference and how it applies to my situation.

1 Answer

Alex Goretoy
Alex Goretoy
19,563 Points
Alex Goretoy
Alex Goretoy
19,563 Points

Use Bower tool to download and update your resources in your applications.

Search for the best bootstrap sass package to include in your project. 

bower search bootstrap|grep -Rni sass

Pick the one that has unit tests and builds with grunt or gulp. It will make your project easier to manage, if you hook everything up for your different environments (eg. development, staging, production)

Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

Thank you for your response. I am so new at this I don't know what you mean by grunt or gulp or how I would hook up my different environments. I really need a course on the overall stages from development to deployment without worrying about the code details for the individual files.

Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

I just found the course on grunt and am taking it now.