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&;
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Create effective and reliable responsive designs with CSS3, HTML5, and JavaScript
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Use progressive enhancement to consistently provide the right content while making the most of each device and browser
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Establish breakpoints and write CSS media queries to respond appropriately to each user agent
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Choose the right layout and wireframing approach for your site
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Use web fonts to control typography and choose sizes that look good on any device
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Master three ways to make tables responsive
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Build responsive forms using the latest HTML5 tags and attributes
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Implement responsive navigation patterns that users understand intuitively
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Test for responsiveness and performance
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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
