So I was trying to find some documentation on Bootstrap.
What I expected was something like python’s official documentation, where there’s a tutorial available, several HOWTOs, and a reference-like structure where you can search for things and stuff.
But what I found was that the official documentation must be downloaded and compiled before it is accessed. It requires installation of packages and a less compiler. I had trouble understanding what I am supposed to do.
No python docs-like documentation where the whole thing is well explained.
I was trying to read the docs offline, but couldn’t really reach a stage where they are readable. I downloaded the source, tried to do the steps listed, but couldn’t finally compile/transform them into a usable form.
I think the thread title and description was rather inappropriate.
Actually I was more interested in learning how to compile the docs, which need processing before becoming readable, rather than just straight read about bootstrap.
I got stuck at the process of compiling the doc’s source and should have just moved on, but wanted to get it compiled simply to learn how to compile docs, as this is not the first time I encounter docs which need some kind of compiling before becoming readable, and they are a bit of a pain to deal with.
I have no experience with this method of compiling docs, but I don’t think that just because the python community make that available it is necessarily a standard that all software producers adhere to.
It makes sense to have Python docs available offline because you can use Python for lots of offline stuff.
Bootstrap on the other hand is a web technology - it’s not inconceivable that they just expect you to read it online…
Not sure why I expected that. I think it’s because my first contact with programming was with python, and those were the first docs I saw, so it stuck in my head.
