Jump Start Responsive Web Design

It used to be so simple. You made a website or application to work on a 15" monitor and, incompatibilities between browsers aside, you were done. Then along came mobile phones with web browsers and they ruined all our easy lives. Worse than that, people loved browsing the web on them! Fortunately, by using responsive web design techniques, you can use one set of HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and display appropriate elements in an appropriate way to suit each platform. In Jump Start Responsive Web Design, you'l learn responsive techniques to make your designs look magnificent on any device, future-proof them, and reduce development time and budget. RWD helps you deal with the very real problem of not knowing where and how your application will be used. Completely overhauled for its second edition, this book covers: What does responsive really mean? Semantic page structure Grid systems Responsive Images and media Media queries Responsive content

Get a Jump Start on Responsive Web Design today! Responsive Web Design is redefining the way websites are designed, enabling you to craft websites that deliver exceptional experiences to your users - whether they happen to be using a desktop PC, tablet or mobile device. In just one weekend with this SitePoint book, you'll learn how to: Use media queries to maximize website usabilityHarness the power of fluid gridsUse dynamic images to automatically scale and select appropriate images Plus you'll discover how to use responsive content and a mobile first approach.

Responsive Web Design is redefining the way websites are designed, enabling you to craft websites that deliver exceptional experiences to your users - whether they happen to be using a desktop PC, tablet or mobile device. In just one weekend with this SitePoint book, you'll learn how to: Use media queries to maximize website usability; Harness the power of fluid grids; Use dynamic images to automatically scale and select appropriate images; plus, you'll discover how to use responsive content and a mobile first approach.--Amazon.

This short book provides a practical introduction to HTML5. HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the predominant language of web pages. Originally developed as a way to describe and share scientific papers, HTML is now used to mark up all sorts of documents and create visual interfaces for browser-based software. With HTML5, however, HTML has become as much an of API for developing browser-based software as it is a markup language. In this book, we'll talk about the history of HTML and HTML5 and explore its new features. It covers: HTML5 basics Multimedia Canvas and SVG HTML5 applications HTML5 APIs HTML5 is required knowledge for every professional web designer and developer. This book will quickly get you up to speed with the fundamentals of HTML5 and give you the confidence to start experimenting on your own.

​Learn to build modern, sleek, and powerful websites quickly and easily with UIKit, an open-source, responsive, and lightweight framework. This book reveals the massive potential of this amazing framework to help you prototype, develop, and customize your web projects as per your business requirements Responsive web design is imperative nowadays as mobile sites become the de-facto standard. UIKit makes front-end design easier and helps speed up the development process significantly. You can build enterprise-level, feature-rich websites that work elegantly with a wide range of different device sizes and resolutions with minimum fuss. You'll play with the mobile-first grid component and an expansive set of intuitive CSS elements. UIKit simplifies the difficult task of crafting intricate and robust websites. Instead of loads of theory, this good read will help you get comfortable with the various utilities using comprehensive coding examples in an easy-to-understand manner. What You'll Learn Set up the UIKit's required build tools to get started Create a fully responsive, fluid, and nested grid layout Use UIKit to take your first steps in responsive web design Play with the wide-range of CSS components and elements Work with design web elements such as Navigation, Cards, Modals, Forms, and Accordion. Who This Book Is For This book is aimed at newbies and beginners, who are keen to build responsive websites using the solid UIkit framework. It can also be a quick reference for web designers, who are acquainted with or use the UIkit toolset for their important projects.

Get a Jump Start on building applications with Bootstrap today! Originally developed by Twitter, Bootstrap is a framework that making the once-arduous process of crafting fully responsive web designs a breeze! Discover why Bootstrap is fast becoming a favorite tool of top web designers. In just one weekend with this hands-on tutorial, you'll learn how to: Integrate Bootstrap into your projects Understand the basic Bootstrap template Work with Bootstrap's grid Customize Bootstrap to work with any project

This short SitePoint book provides readers with a fun and yet practical introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), the language used to style and lay out all web pages. This book will quickly get you up to speed with the fundamentals of CSS and give you the confidence to start experimenting on your own. It covers: Layout techniques Images, backgrounds, text Navigation Getting fancy with CSS3 The book is built around a real-life example project: a recipe website design. It's a fun and easily understandable project that is used to demonstrate the concepts outlined in the book in a practical way. This is a clear, approachable and very easy-to-follow book that will get you to to speed with CSS in no time.