bower: bower install bootstrap-data-validation
this provide easy to handle jquery validation inside bootstrap environment under the hood it uses jquery validations plugin to validate inputs
check the demo folder for example
add data-validation attribute in any form
specify validation rules based on data attributes with messages
<input type="text" data-required="true" data-message-required="this field is required">
<input type="text" data-required="true" data-email="true" data-message-required="this field is required" data-message-email="email is invalid">to access the validator instance in any javascript use the data('validator')
on form
for example
$('form').data('validator') // will give the jquery validator instance