Responsive Web Development:
Responsive web Development is a way of creating web sites which automatically adjust themselves to look good on all devices, from small phones to large desktops.
Bootstrap:
Bootstrap is the most popular and powerful front-end framework for faster, easier, responsive and mobile friendly web development. Bootstrap uses HTML, CSS and JavaScript for various web and user interface components like Typography, Forms, Buttons, Tables, Navigations, Dropdowns, Alerts, Modals, Tabs, Accordion, and Carousel etc.
History of Bootstrap:
Bootstrap was developed by Mark Otto and Jacob Thornton at Twitter. Bootstrap was released as an open source product in August 2011 on GitHub.
Advantages of Bootstrap:
Easy to use: It is very easy to use. Anybody with just basic knowledge of HTML and CSS can use Bootstrap
Responsive features: Bootstrap’s responsive feature make our web pages to appear more appropriately on different devices like phones, tablets and desktops.
Mobile-first approach: Bootstrap 3 provides mobile-first styles as a part of the core framework.
Browser compatibility: It is compatible with all popular browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Opera.
Consistent design: Bootstrap framework provides a central library and all its components uses the same. So the layouts and designs of the web pages will be the same throughout the application.
Open Source: Bootstrap is an open source framework which completely free to download and use.