Publisher's Synopsis
Learn responsive web design (RWD) with HTML5, CSS3 & JavaScript in just 24 one-hour lessons
Sams Teach Yourself Responsive Web Design in 24 Hours helps you create websites that work equally well on everything from smartphones and tablets to multi-screen monitors.
This book's straightforward, step-by-step approach shows how to use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to build the responsive sites today's users and clients want. In just a few hours, you'll be building layouts, sites, forms, and web apps that automatically adapt to virtually any device. Every lesson builds on what you've already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success.
Learn how to…
- Create effective and reliable responsive designs with CSS3, HTML5, and JavaScript
- Use progressive enhancement to consistently provide the right content while making the most of each device and browser
- Establish breakpoints and write CSS media queries to respond appropriately to each user agent
- Choose the right layout and wireframing approach for your site
- Use web fonts to control typography and choose sizes that look good on any device
- Master three ways to make tables responsive
- Build responsive forms using the latest HTML5 tags and attributes
- Implement responsive navigation patterns that users understand intuitively
- Test for responsiveness and performance
- Use Responsive Design + Server Side Components (RESS) to optimize performance
CONTENTS AT A GLANCE
HOUR 1: What Is Responsive Web Design?
History of Responsive Web Design
Why We Need Responsive Web Design
HOUR 2: Alternatives to Responsive Web Design
CSS Layouts
Detection Scripts
HOUR 3: The Growth of Mobile
Basic Cell Phones
Smartphones
Tablets
Retina Devices
Why Responsive Design Is Important
HOUR 4: Progressive Enhancement
What Is Progressive Enhancement?
How to Use Progressive Enhancement on a
Website
Benefits of Progressive Enhancement
HOUR 5: HTML for Responsive Web Design
Clean Code
Don't Forget Semantic Elements
Validating Your HTML
HOUR 6: Basic CSS
How to Write CSS Rules
Embedded and External Style Sheets
Styling Fonts and Colors
Creating a Layout with CSS
Understanding Cascading and Specificity
HOUR 7:Unobtrusive JavaScript
What Is Unobtrusive JavaScript?
How to Implement Unobtrusive JavaScript
PART II: BUILDING A RESPONSIVE WEBSITE
HOUR 8: Planning a Responsive Website
Should You Make Your Website Responsive?
How to Plan for a Responsive Website
HOUR 9:Mobile First
Why Design for Mobile First?
What Makes a Site Mobile Friendly?
What About Mobile Only?
HOUR 10: CSS Media Queries
What Is a Media Query?
Media Query Expressions
HOUR 11: Breakpoints
What Is a Breakpoint?
How to Define Breakpoints in CSS
Optimal Breakpoints
HOUR 12: Layout
What Is Web Layout?
Types of Layouts
Columns in Layout
HOUR 13: Navigation
Why Responsive Navigation Is Important
What Makes Navigation Mobile Friendly?
Basic RWD Navigation Patterns
HOUR 14: Responsive Fonts and Typography
Using Web Fonts
Sizing Typography
Relative Versus Absolute Font Sizes
New CSS3 Measurement Units
HOUR 15: Creating and Using Images in RWD
Making Images Responsive
Improving Download Speeds
Building and Using Retina-Ready Images
HOUR 16: Videos and Other Media in RWD
Making YouTube Videos Responsive
HOUR 17: Tables in Responsive Web Design
Tables on Small Devices
Can Tables Be Responsive?
Where Do Layout Tables Fit in RWD?
HOUR 18: Responsive Web Forms
HTML5 Forms
Making Web Forms Usable
Creating Responsive Forms
HOUR 19: Testing Responsive Websites
Testing in Your Browser
Testing in a Device for All Your Breakpoints
How to Test When You Don't Have the Devices
HOUR 20: Problems with Responsive Web Design
RWD Can Make More Work for Designers
Not All Customers Like Responsive Sites
RWD May Break Advertising
PART III: IMPROVING RESPONSIVE DESIGN
HOUR 21: Tools for Creating Responsive Web Designs
Planning and Designing Your RWD SiteHTML Element and CSS Tools
Web Editors for Building Responsive Web Pages
HOUR 22: Device and Feature Detection
Why Use Detection Scripts
Modernizr
WURFL
HOUR 23: Using RESS with RWD
What Is RESS?
Benefits of Using RESS
Getting Started with RESS
When to Use RESS
HOUR 24: RWD Best Practices
Give Everyone the Best Experience
Use the Best Breakpoints You Can
Be Flexible and Think Small
Don't Forget the Content
Manage Costs
