{"id":5004,"date":"2020-06-18T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T12:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/?p=5004"},"modified":"2020-08-19T13:18:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T13:18:56","slug":"bootstrap-5-whats-new-about-it-and-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azoora.com\/blog\/framework\/bootstrap-5-whats-new-about-it-and-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Bootstrap 5: What\u2019s New, About It and Release Date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bootstrap<\/strong><\/a>, the most popular front-end framework<\/strong> built to design modern<\/strong>, responsive<\/strong>, and dynamic <\/strong>interfaces for professional design<\/strong> web pages<\/strong>, is currently undertaking a major update, Bootstrap\u00a05<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bootstrap 5 alpha<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was officially released <\/strong>on June 16, 2020<\/strong> after several months of refining. With all of the major changes in this version, the Bootstrap 5<\/strong> development team informed the users that the current version is still in alpha version thus, breaking changes will continue to occur until the first beta is released so it\u2019s better to always check the open issues and pull requests on their official\u00a0GitHub repository<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for open questions and\u00a0feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bootstrap <\/strong>is a free <\/strong>and open-source<\/strong> collection <\/strong>of CSS <\/strong>and JavaScript\/jQuery code<\/strong> used for creating dynamic layout websites and web applications. Being a tool for creating front-end design, it consists of a series of HTML- and CSS-based design templates for different components of a website or application such as forms,\u00a0buttons,\u00a0navigation,\u00a0modals, typography and other interface components with helpful JavaScript extensions. It doesn\u2019t matter if you are a beginner to web development or an experienced developer, Bootstrap is a powerful tool for whatever type of website and web application you are trying to\u00a0build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, Bootstrap provides an out-of-the-box solution with hundreds of third-party components that you can integrate with it which allows you to build a prototype fast to materialize your ideal website without spending a lot of time. Which in the end you might end up customizing to build the final design of your website or web application as most of the configuration is already set up for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bootstrap 4<\/strong> is currently on version 4.4.1 which now has a lot of vital features such as cards, flexbox, Sass integration and powerful plugins built on jQuery. After more than 4 years of progress since the alpha version of\u00a0Bootstrap 4\u00a0was released on August 19, 2015; an update is being developed in the background for the version 5\u00a0upgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Startup app\u00a0will be updated to Bootstrap 5 as soon as the framework is updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article<\/strong>, let\u2019s take a look at Bootstrap 5\u2019s major updates including the release date, integration, and\u00a0modification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bootstrap Version 5: What Should We Expect?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bootstrap 5\u2019s official Github project tracking board<\/a> has more than 765 tasks being shipped with more than 83 pull requests and 311 issues. If we base the release date from the previous development timeframe (Bootstrap 4 to Bootstrap 4.1) the development team took about 3 months to complete Bootstrap 4.1 to Bootstrap 4.2 took about 8 months. We might expect Bootstrap 5 in the first half of 2020<\/strong>. Bootstrap hasn\u2019t confirmed the official release date yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In hindsight, there is a list of changes that we expect on version 5 such as the removal of jQuery which is a major lift for this version and the drop of Internet Explorer 10 and 11 support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following are some of the expected changes in Bootstrap 5:<\/p>\n\n\n\n