Responsive Web Design in 24 Hours - Brossura

Kyrnin, Jennifer

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0672338386 ISBN 13: 9780672338380

Casa editrice: Sams, 2014

Riassunto

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

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN

H OUR 1: What Is Responsive Web Design?

&; History of Responsive Web Design

&; Why We Need Responsive Web Design

HOUR 2 : Alternatives to Responsive Web Design

&; Table-Based Layouts

&; 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

&; Using HTML5

&; 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 1 0: CSS Media Queries

&; What Is a Media Query?

&; Media Query Expressions

HOUR 1 1: 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

&; How to Make Videos Responsive

&; 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

&; Responsive Designs Can Be Slow

&; 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 Site

&; HTML 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

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Informazioni sull?autore

Jennifer Kyrnin has been teaching HTML, XML, and web design online since 1997. She has built and maintained websites of all sizes, from small, single-page brochure sites to large, million-page database-driven sites for international audiences. She lives with her husband and son and numerous animals on a small farm in Washington state.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Sams
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0672338386
• ISBN 13: 9780672338380
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 373
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile