Thanks so much for your response Kedar.

On Thursday, 16 May 2013 07:53:15 UTC-6, Kedar Mhaswade wrote:
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> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Bhushan N.N <[email protected]<javascript:>
> > wrote:
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>> Hi Barry,
>>
>> Thanks for your response.
>>
>> I read the "Compiling CSS and Javascript" section and I know they have a 
>> make file. But I am interested in knowing how they save the values to the 
>> bootstrap file when a user fill in the customisation form. 
>>
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> I believe for most of us, the magic happens when application.js sends an 
> Ajax POST to: bootstrap.herokuapp.com:
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>  $.ajax({
>  type: 'POST'
>  , url: /\?dev/.test(window.location) ? 'http://localhost:3000' : '
> http://bootstrap.herokuapp.com'
>  , dataType: 'jsonpi'
>  , params: {
> js: js
> , css: css
>  , vars: vars
> , img: img
> }
>  })
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> And does it compile every time a user choses to download a customised 
>> version?
>>
> Yes, I believe so. The Ajax POST is responded to by a zip file that 
> contains the customized bootstrap files. Since the mime-type of that 
> response is zip, browser just chooses to save it as such.
>  
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>>
>> My question may sound very silly for many but I am new to this. I am only 
>> here to learn :)
>>
>> Thank you
>> Bhushan
>>
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>> On Wednesday, 15 May 2013 23:52:18 UTC-6, Barry Carlyon wrote:
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>>> As far as I know it's just a web front end to a LESS compiler
>>>
>>> You fill in the form and then a background process compiles bootstrap 
>>> via LESS using your values and then gives you the download
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On 16 May 2013, at 00:23, "Bhushan N.N" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I am interested in knowing what happens behind the scenes when I click 
>>> "Customise and Download". Can someone help me out with this?
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>> Bhushan
>>>
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