From e10104cc35672db77747c8b1622136555501bdc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Otto Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 19:21:25 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add note to build tools docs section about autoprefixer --- docs/getting-started/build-tools.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/getting-started/build-tools.md b/docs/getting-started/build-tools.md index 9b84a125d..af0d7168e 100644 --- a/docs/getting-started/build-tools.md +++ b/docs/getting-started/build-tools.md @@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ For example, run `TWBS_SASS=sass grunt` to test and build Bootstrap with Ruby Sa [libsass]: https://github.com/sass/libsass [grunt-sass]: https://github.com/sindresorhus/grunt-sass +## Autoprefixer + +Bootstrap uses [Autoprefixer][autoprefixer] (included in our Gruntfile and build process) to automatically add vendor prefixes to some CSS properties at build time. Doing so saves us time and code by allowing us to write key parts of our CSS a single time while eliminating the need for vendor mixins like those found in v3. + +[autoprefixer]: https://github.com/postcss/autoprefixer + ## Local documentation Running our documentation locally requires the use of Jekyll, a decently flexible static site generator that provides us basic includes, Markdown-based files, templates, and more. Here's how to get it started: