Angular with Bootstrap
Bootstrap is a popular front-end framework that provides a set of pre-built CSS and JavaScript components for creating responsive and mobile-first websites and web applications. Angular, on the other hand, is a JavaScript framework that allows developers to build dynamic web applications with a modular approach.
Integrating Bootstrap with Angular allows you to take advantage of the pre-built UI components that Bootstrap provides, making it easier to create a polished and consistent user interface. Here are the steps to use Bootstrap with Angular:
- Install Bootstrap via npm:
- Import Bootstrap CSS and JavaScript files into your Angular project. You can do this by adding the following lines to the "styles" and "scripts" arrays in the "angular.json" file:
- Now you can use Bootstrap components in your Angular templates by adding the appropriate HTML code. For example, here is how you can create a Bootstrap navbar:
npm install bootstrap
"styles": [
"node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css",
"src/styles.css"
],
"scripts": [
"node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js",
"node_modules/popper.js/dist/umd/popper.min.js",
"node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"
]
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">My App</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarNav" aria-controls="navbarNav" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarNav">
<ul class="navbar-nav">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Home</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">About</a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Contact</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
You can also use Bootstrap classes in your Angular component styles to apply Bootstrap styles to your custom components. For example, to make a button look like a Bootstrap button, you can add the "btn" and "btn-primary" classes to the button:
<button class="btn btn-primary">Click me!</button>
That's it! With these steps, you can start using Bootstrap in your Angular project and take advantage of the pre-built UI components that it provides.