Difference between HTML and Bootstrap

Last Updated : 14 Jun, 2022

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It is a standard markup language for creating webpages. It describes the structure of webpages. HTML is a basic building block of a website. It has different attributes and elements with different properties. HTML consists of a series of elements, which you use to enclose, or wrap, different parts of the content to make it appear a certain way, and act a certain way. The enclosing tags can make a word or image hyperlink to somewhere else, can italicize words, can make. the font bigger or smaller, and so on. HTML is easy to learn and also easy to use. For example – content could be structured within a set of paragraphs, a list of bulleted points, or using images and data tables.

This language can become more interactive and attractive by using CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) and JS (JavaScript) within it. The HTML defines some specific meaning within it. HTML is released in the year of 1993 and developed by Tim Berners-Lee in 1991.

Why do we need HTML?

The website design process for planning, creating and updating websites. Website design also includes the information architecture, website structure, user interface, navigation ergonomics, website layout, colors, contrasts, font and more. imaging as well as the design of icons, or we can say that in simple words HTML is like a bone in the Human body. So if your body doesn’t have bones then just imagine what will happen to your body that’s why HTML is needed in the website.

Advantages of HTML

HTML is supported by all browsers.
HTML is free.
HTML is easy to learn and use.
HTML is user friendly.
HTML is lightweight.

Disadvantages of HTML

HTML shows video and audio in limited amounts.
It has been found that HTML can have dependency issues.
Too much code is needed to create a simple website.
HTML has vulnerabilities.

Characteristics of HTML

It is the language that can be easily understood and can be modified.
It provides a more flexible way to design web pages along with the text.
You can display HTML documents on any platform such as Windows, Linux, Macintosh, etc.
New structural element <article>, <header>, <footer>, <nav>, <section>, and <figure>.
Declaration of HTML5 is very simple, <!DOCTYPE html>

HTML-vs-Bootstrap

Twitter developed Bootstrap in 2011 and got released it on Github in the same year. Bootstrap is a free open source. Bootstrap is the most popular framework of HTML, CSS and JavaScript (JS) for its compatibility with all modern browsers like Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, Edge, etc. It is a faster and easier way of web development. Bootstrap creates platform-independent web pages.

It solves many problems which we had once, one of which is the cross-browser compatibility issue. Front-end-framework webpages, and mobile-friendly websites. Bootstrap has pre-defined classes that make a developer’s job easy. However, a basic understanding of HTML & CSS is required to work with Bootstrap. It contains various HTML & CSS based design templates, especially for typography, buttons, tables, forms, models, navigation, image carousels as well as optional JavaScript plugins. Bootstrap 5 was officially released on 16 June 2020 after several months of redefining its features.

Why we Need Bootstrap/Why we should use Bootstrap?

Bootstrap framework is really amazing in creating beautiful and responsive websites, it makes your work easier and faster it has ready to use div, classes and every component and everything which is used to create beautiful and responsive websites that’s why we should use Bootstrap in our website.

Advantages of Bootstrap

It has many templates.
It can easily be customized.
It includes major components like dropdown, navigation bar, forms, etc.
It helps to make responsive websites.

Disadvantages of Bootstrap

Its naming scheme can be confusing.
Big size resolution is a problem.
Overwrite a lot of CSS to customize your websites.
HTML structure can be easily a mess.

Characteristics of Bootstrap

Good documentation.
Base styling for most HTML elements.
Great grid system.
Browser compatibility.

Differences between HTML and Bootstrap

	Parameters	HTML	Bootstrap
1.	Full-Form	HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language.	Bootstrap has no full form.
2.	Developed by	HTML was developed by Sir Berners Lee in 1991.	Bootstrap is developed by Mark Otto and Jacob Thornton at Twitter in 2011.
3.	Uses	HTML is a markup language used to create webpages on a website.	Bootstrap is JavaScript and CSS library to make webpages mobile friendly.
4.	Tags	HTML tags are mandatory for any web page.	Bootstrap tags are not mandatory for webpages. They are alternatives.
5.	Flexible	HTML is more flexible than Bootstrap.	Bootstrap is not more flexible as HTML.
6.	Framework	HTML is not a framework.	Bootstrap is open source framework of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
7.	Existence	Without HTML webpages can not exist.	Without Bootstrap, webpages can exist.
8.	Latest Version	HTML latest version is HTML5.	Bootstrap’s latest version is Bootstrap v5.2.

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