Difference between Bootstrap 4 and Bootstrap 5
What is Bootstrap?
It is an open-source framework from late 2011 that is used for designing responsive websites with a mobile-first approach faster and easier. Bootstrap is available for HTML, CSS, and JS. According to server-side languages like PHP, Node, etc bootstrap helps to design the frontend.
Why Bootstrap?
- Faster and Easier
- Mobile First style
- It is free! Available on www.getbootstrap.com
- Browser support
- Responsive Design
Bootstrap 5 alpha launched in mid-June of 2020. As it is in the alpha-1 version, in the future some more features can be added to bootstrap 5
In the alpha-1 version of bootstrap 5 some classes removed are:
- form – row
- form – inline
- list – inline
- card – deck
Some of the added classes:
- gx-* (classes control the horizontal/column gutter width)
- gy-* (classes control the vertical/row gutter width)
- g-* (classes control the horizontal & vertical gutter width)
- rows-cols-auto
Difference between Bootstrap 4 and Bootstrap 5 BASIS OF BOOTSTRAP 4 BOOTSTRAP 5 Grid System It has 5 tier (xs, sm, md, lg, xl). It has 6 tier (xs, sm, md, lg, xl, xxl). Color It has limited colors. Extra colors added with the looks,,A cardimproved color palette. Jquery It has jquery and all related plugins. Jquery is removed and switched to vanilla JS with some working plugins Internet Explorer Bootstrap 4 supports both IE 10 and 11. Bootstrap 5 doesn’t support IE 10 and 11. Form elements Radio buttons, checkboxes have different look in different OS and browsers. The look of form elements will not change, on different OS or browser. Utilities API We cannot modify utilities in bootstrap 4 Bootstrap 5 gave freedom to modify and also create our own utility Gutter We use .glutter with fontsize in px We use .g* with fontsize in rem Vertical Classes Columns can be positioned relative Columns cannot be positioned relative Bootstrap Icons Bootstrap 4 doesn’t have its own SVG icons we have to font-awesome Bootstrap 5 have its own SVG icons Jumbotron It supports. It doesn’t support jumbotron. Card deck The card deck is used to create an isset of cards with equal width and height. Card deck class in removed in bootstrap Navbar We have inline-block property and we will get white dropdown as default for dropdown-menu-dark class. Inline-block property is removed and we will get black dropdown as default for dropdown-menu-dark class. Static Site Generator Bootstrap 4 uses Jekyll software. Bootstrap 5 uses Hugo software.
