Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3 Essentials - Brossura

Libby, Alex; Gupta, Gaurav; Talesra, Asoj

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ISBN 10: 1783553073 ISBN 13: 9781783553075

Casa editrice: Packt Publishing, 2016

Riassunto

Design and deliver an optimal user experience for all devices About This Book • Get to grips with the core functionality of RWD through examples • Discover how to make layouts, content and media flexible, and explore why a content-first approach is more effective • Maximize the performance of your web pages so that they work across all browsers and devices irrespective of the screen size Who This Book Is For This book is for web designers who are familiar with HTML and CSS, and want to begin with responsive web design. Web development experience and knowledge of HTML5, CSS3 is assumed. What You Will Learn • Explore various layout options • Understand what can be achieved in the browser, without the use of third-party tools • Executing media queries to benefit responsive designs • Understand the basics of responsive workflow and boilerplate frameworks • Improve performance of responsive web design • Maintain compatibility across various browsers In Detail Responsive web design (RWD) is a web design approach aimed at crafting sites to provide an optimal viewing and interaction experience―providing easy reading and navigation with minimum resizing, panning, and scrolling―and all of this across a wide range of devices from desktop computer monitors to mobile phones. Responsive web design is becoming more important as the amount of mobile traffic now accounts for more than half of the Internet's total traffic. This book will give you in depth knowledge about the basics of responsive web design. You will embark on a journey of building effective responsive web pages that work across a range of devices, from mobile phones to smart TVs, with nothing more than standard markup and styling techniques. You'll begin by getting an understanding of what RWD is and its significance to the modern web. Building on the basics, you'll learn about layouts and media queries. Following this, we'll dive into creating layouts using grid based templates. We'll also cover the important topic of performance management, and discover how to tackle cross-browser challenges. Style and approach This is a practical example-based book which will delve into various elements and benefits of a responsive web design. It will help you understand the essential skills needed to create responsive web sites and guide you through the basics of building responsive web pages for any device. The topics are a blend of theoretical and practical essentials which will assist you to explore more about responsive web design.

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Alex Libby's background is in IT support - he has been involved in supporting end users for almost 20 years in a variety of different environments; a recent change in role now sees Alex working as an MVT test developer for a global distributor based in the UK. Although Alex gets to play with different technologies in his day job, his first true love has always been with the Open Source movement, and in particular experimenting with CSS/CSS3, jQuery and HTML5. To date, Alex has written eleven books on subjects such as jQuery, HTML5 Video, SASS and CSS for Packt, and has reviewed several more - Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3 Essentials is Alex's twelfth book for Packt, and second completed as a collaboration project.

Gaurav Gupta is a dynamic and young IT professional who is engaged in the testing of web and mobile applications. He has worked with various tools and techniques in the broad field of mobile testing. He has extensive experience in both web and mobile test suite design and optimizes various operating systems. He is a versatile tester and is always keen to learn new technologies to keep himself updated. His passion for work makes him stand out among others. Even at a relatively early stage of his career, he is the published author of Mastering HTML5 Forms with Packt Publishing. A graduate in Computer Science, he works Cognizant Solutions, a reputed Fortune 500 IT services company. Gaurav is a native of Chandigarh, India, and currently lives in Pune, India.

Asoj Talesra is an enthusiastic software developer with strong technical background. As a hybrid mobile app developer, he is responsible for crafting and developing intuitive, responsive web pages and mobile apps using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, AngularJS, jQuery, jQuery mobile, Xamarin, and Appcelerator Titanium. He is well experienced in the areas of banking, quality and compliance, and audit.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Packt Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1783553073
• ISBN 13: 9781783553075
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 174
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile