What this book covers

Chapter 1, Introducing Web Application Development in Rails, focuses on how to beautify Rails applications through the help of Bootstrap. This explanation is followed by the summary of this chapter.

Chapter 2, Introducing Bootstrap 3, will show you how to download and use Bootstrap in Rails projects.

Chapter 3, Powering a Rails App with Bootstrap's Grid System, will take you through Bootstrap's grid system and then proceed to show you how to use it in our first example application.

Chapter 4, Using Bootstrap's Typography, Buttons and Images in a Rails Application, focuses more on how to style a website's content such as text, links, and images.

Chapter 5, Reinventing Tables and Forms in Bootstrap, will take a look at the various features of Bootstrap tables and forms. In this chapter, we will first create dummy products and then integrate them in our real application.

Chapter 6, Creating Navigation Bars, will teach you how to create a Bootstrap navigation bar, and how we can modify it to fit our needs.

Chapter 7, Various Other Bootstrap Components, will explore some more Bootstrap components, which come ready to use.

Chapter 8, Working with Bootstrap Modals, will teach you how to create a Bootstrap modal and its various types and functionalities. We will also integrate a modal component in our Rails application.

Chapter 9, Creating Image Slideshows with Bootstrap Carousel, will get you started with the Bootstrap Carousel, how to add captions to the slides, and how to customize the Carousel.

Chapter 10, Creating a Shopping Cart Using Bootstrap Modals, is all about implementing what we have learned so far in Bootstrap. This chapter will definitely clear some of the core concepts of Bootstrap such as how to use Bootstrap modal, typography, buttons, and responsive tables.

Appendix, Adding Custom Styles to a Rails Application, talks about how to add a custom style to a Rails application, which is powered by a Bootstrap framework.