# Quick start
Quickly add Bootstrap to your project via the [Bootstrap CDN](http://bootstrapcdn.com), graciously provided by the [MaxCDN](http://www.maxcdn.com/) folks. Copy-paste the stylesheet `` into your `` before all other stylesheets.
{% highlight html %}
{% endhighlight %}
Then, add the Bootstrap JavaScript—and jQuery—near the end of your project. It's best placed right before the closing `` tag. Be sure to place jQuery first.
{% highlight html %}
{% endhighlight %}
Be sure to have your pages set up with the latest design and development standards. That means:
* Using an HTML5 doctype
* Forcing Internet Explorer to use it's latest rendering mode ([read more]())
* And, utilizing the viewport meta tag.
Put it all together and your pages should look like this:
{% highlight html %}
Hello, world!
{% endhighlight %}
And that's it. Happy Bootstrapping!
# Download
Bootstrap is available for download via ZIP file in two flavors: precompiled CSS and Javascript, and the complete source code with documentation.
### Precompiled
Compiled and minified CSS and JavaScript. No docs or original source files are included.
Download Bootstrap
### Source code and docs
Source Less, JavaScript, and documentation. **Requires a Less compiler and [some setup](#grunt).**
Download source
### Bower
Install and manage Bootstrap's Less, CSS, and JavaScript using [Bower](http://bower.io).
{% highlight bash %}$ bower install bootstrap{% endhighlight %}
### npm
Bootstrap is available as [an npm package](https://www.npmjs.org/package/bootstrap). Install it into your Node powered apps with:
{% highlight bash %}$ npm install bootstrap{% endhighlight %}