Bootstrap vs jQuery UI

Overview

jQuery UI

Stacks40.6K

Followers13.3K

Votes899

GitHub Stars11.3K

Forks5.3K

Bootstrap

Stacks57.4K

Followers13.2K

Votes7.7K

GitHub Stars173.6K

Forks79.2K

Bootstrap vs jQuery UI: What are the differences?

Introduction

In this Markdown code, I will provide the key differences between Bootstrap and jQuery UI, two popular frameworks used in website development.

Compatibility and Platform Support: Bootstrap is a mobile-first framework that is compatible with all modern web browsers and offers responsive design out of the box. It works well on both desktop and mobile platforms. On the other hand, jQuery UI is also compatible with modern web browsers, but it may require additional code or plugins to achieve full responsiveness.
Ease of Use: Bootstrap is known for its simplicity and ease of use, making it a preferred choice for beginners. It provides pre-built components, grid systems, and CSS classes that can be easily customized. jQuery UI, while still user-friendly, requires a more in-depth understanding of JavaScript and jQuery to fully utilize its features.
Design and Customization: Bootstrap offers a wide range of ready-to-use design templates and themes, allowing developers to quickly create visually appealing websites. It provides extensive customization options through its CSS classes and Sass variables. On the other hand, jQuery UI provides basic themes and UI widgets that can be customized using CSS and JavaScript.
Component Availability: Bootstrap offers a rich set of components, including navigation bars, forms, buttons, carousels, and more. It covers almost all the common UI elements needed for web development. On the other hand, jQuery UI focuses more on user interface widgets such as datepickers, accordions, sliders, and tooltips. It provides a specific set of interactive elements rather than a comprehensive collection of components.
JavaScript Dependencies: Bootstrap is built on top of jQuery, which means it requires the jQuery library to function properly. It also utilizes JavaScript extensively for certain components and functionality. On the other hand, jQuery UI is a jQuery plugin that relies solely on jQuery library. It does not require any additional JavaScript library or framework.
Community and Support: Bootstrap has a larger community and ecosystem compared to jQuery UI. It has a wide range of documentation, tutorials, and third-party resources available, making it easier to find solutions and support. While jQuery UI also has a supportive community, it may not have as many resources or updates as Bootstrap.

In summary, Bootstrap is a mobile-first framework with extensive component availability and a larger community, while jQuery UI focuses on UI widgets and has a simpler dependency structure. Both frameworks have their strengths and are suited for different use cases in web development.

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Bridget

Full Stack Developer at Bridget Sarah

May 29, 2020

Decided

I do prefer to write things from scratch however when it came to wanting to jump-start the frontend, I found that it was taking me a lot longer hence why needing to use something very fast.

Bootstrap was the boom when it came out, I didn't like it, to be honest, set in its way and a pain to over-ride and in addition, you can tell from a distance if you're using boostrap and as everything looks the same.

I came across Tailwind CSS as I wanted more dynamic features, you could say, I've been now doing it for a few days and I love it a lot. I've been practising with the full stack part installed but I an't we wait until I do a new project, and I'll e able to select exactly what I want. Much faster.

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Daniel

Frontend Developer at atSistemas

Jun 10, 2020

Needs adviceon

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Next.js

React

I'm building, from scratch, a webapp. It's going to be a dashboard to check on our apps in New Relic and update the Apdex from the webapp. I have just chosen Next.js as our framework because we use React already, and after going through the tutorial, I just loved the latest changes they have implemented.

But we have to decide on a CSS framework for the UI. I'm partial to Bulma because I love that it's all about CSS (and you can use SCSS from the start), that it's rather lightweight and that it doesn't come with JavaScript clutter. One of the things I hate about Bootstrap is that you depend on jQuery to use the JavaScript part. My boss loves UIkIt, but when I've used it in the past, I didn't like it.

What do you think we should use? Maybe you have another suggestion?

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Syed

Jul 16, 2020

Needs adviceon

Bootstrap

Tailwind CSS

I am planning to redesign my entire application, which is currently in Bootstrap. I heard about Tailwind CSS, and I think its really cool to work with. Is it okay if I use Bootstrap and Tailwind together? I can't remove Bootstrap altogether, as my application is using the js dependencies of Bootstrap, which I don't want to disturb.

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Detailed Comparison

jQuery UI	Bootstrap
Whether you're building highly interactive web applications or you just need to add a date picker to a form control, jQuery UI is the perfect choice.	Bootstrap is the most popular HTML, CSS, and JS framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web.
-	Preprocessors: Bootstrap ships with vanilla CSS, but its source code utilizes the two most popular CSS preprocessors, Less and Sass. Quickly get started with precompiled CSS or build on the source.;One framework, every device: Bootstrap easily and efficiently scales your websites and applications with a single code base, from phones to tablets to desktops with CSS media queries.;Full of features: With Bootstrap, you get extensive and beautiful documentation for common HTML elements, dozens of custom HTML and CSS components, and awesome jQuery plugins.
Statistics
GitHub Stars 11.3K	GitHub Stars 173.6K
GitHub Forks 5.3K	GitHub Forks 79.2K
Stacks 40.6K	Stacks 57.4K
Followers 13.3K	Followers 13.2K
Votes 899	Votes 7.7K
Pros & Cons
Pros 215 Ui components 156 Cross-browser 121 Easy 100 It's jquery 81 Open source Cons 1 Does not contain charts or graphs	Pros 1582 Responsiveness 1193 UI components 943 Consistent 779 Great docs 677 Flexible Cons 26 Javascript is tied to jquery 16 Every site uses the defaults 15 Grid system break points aren't ideal 14 Too much heavy decoration in default look 8 Verbose styles

What are some alternatives to jQuery UI, Bootstrap?

jQuery

jQuery is a cross-platform JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML.

AngularJS

AngularJS lets you write client-side web applications as if you had a smarter browser. It lets you use good old HTML (or HAML, Jade and friends!) as your template language and lets you extend HTML’s syntax to express your application’s components clearly and succinctly. It automatically synchronizes data from your UI (view) with your JavaScript objects (model) through 2-way data binding.

React

Lots of people use React as the V in MVC. Since React makes no assumptions about the rest of your technology stack, it's easy to try it out on a small feature in an existing project.

Vue.js

It is a library for building interactive web interfaces. It provides data-reactive components with a simple and flexible API.

Foundation

Foundation is the most advanced responsive front-end framework in the world. You can quickly prototype and build sites or apps that work on any kind of device with Foundation, which includes layout constructs (like a fully responsive grid), elements and best practices.

Semantic UI

Semantic empowers designers and developers by creating a shared vocabulary for UI.

Materialize

A CSS Framework based on material design.

Material Design for Angular

Material Design is a specification for a unified system of visual, motion, and interaction design that adapts across different devices. Our goal is to deliver a lean, lightweight set of AngularJS-native UI elements that implement the material design system for use in Angular SPAs.

Svelte

If you've ever built a JavaScript application, the chances are you've encountered – or at least heard of – frameworks like React, Angular, Vue and Ractive. Like Svelte, these tools all share a goal of making it easy to build slick interactive user interfaces. Rather than interpreting your application code at run time, your app is converted into ideal JavaScript at build time. That means you don't pay the performance cost of the framework's abstractions, or incur a penalty when your app first loads.

Material-UI

Material UI is a library of React UI components that implements Google's Material Design.

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Bootstrap vs jQuery UI: What are the differences?

Introduction

In this Markdown code, I will provide the key differences between Bootstrap and jQuery UI, two popular frameworks used in website development.

Compatibility and Platform Support: Bootstrap is a mobile-first framework that is compatible with all modern web browsers and offers responsive design out of the box. It works well on both desktop and mobile platforms. On the other hand, jQuery UI is also compatible with modern web browsers, but it may require additional code or plugins to achieve full responsiveness.
Ease of Use: Bootstrap is known for its simplicity and ease of use, making it a preferred choice for beginners. It provides pre-built components, grid systems, and CSS classes that can be easily customized. jQuery UI, while still user-friendly, requires a more in-depth understanding of JavaScript and jQuery to fully utilize its features.
Design and Customization: Bootstrap offers a wide range of ready-to-use design templates and themes, allowing developers to quickly create visually appealing websites. It provides extensive customization options through its CSS classes and Sass variables. On the other hand, jQuery UI provides basic themes and UI widgets that can be customized using CSS and JavaScript.
Component Availability: Bootstrap offers a rich set of components, including navigation bars, forms, buttons, carousels, and more. It covers almost all the common UI elements needed for web development. On the other hand, jQuery UI focuses more on user interface widgets such as datepickers, accordions, sliders, and tooltips. It provides a specific set of interactive elements rather than a comprehensive collection of components.
JavaScript Dependencies: Bootstrap is built on top of jQuery, which means it requires the jQuery library to function properly. It also utilizes JavaScript extensively for certain components and functionality. On the other hand, jQuery UI is a jQuery plugin that relies solely on jQuery library. It does not require any additional JavaScript library or framework.
Community and Support: Bootstrap has a larger community and ecosystem compared to jQuery UI. It has a wide range of documentation, tutorials, and third-party resources available, making it easier to find solutions and support. While jQuery UI also has a supportive community, it may not have as many resources or updates as Bootstrap.

Bootstrap vs jQuery UI

Overview

Bootstrap vs jQuery UI: What are the differences?