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Design robust, powerful, and above all, modern websites across all manner of devices with ease using HTML5 and CSS3About This Book- Use Responsive Grid System, Bootstrap, and Foundation frameworks for responsive web design- Learn how to use the latest features of CSS including custom fonts, nth-child selectors (and some CSS4 selectors), CSS custom properties (variables), and CSS calc- Make a mobile website using jQuery mobile and mobile-first designWho This Book Is ForThis course is for web developers who are familiar with HTML and CSS but want to understand the essentials of responsive web design. It is for those developers who are willing to seek innovative techniques that deliver fast, intuitive interfacing with the latest mobile Internet devices.What You Will Learn- Build a semantic website structure with HTML5 elements- Use Bower to organize website dependencies- Make responsive media that is optimized for the specific device on which it's displayed, allowing images, videos, and other elements be fully appreciated- Make typography that's fluidly responsive, so it's easy to read on all devices-no more hard-to-see text on a tiny mobile screen- Get to know techniques for server-side and client-side media deployment, providing platforms that are scaled for any device that requests them In DetailResponsive web design is an explosive area of growth in modern web development due to the huge volume of different device sizes and resolutions that are now commercially available. The Internet is going mobile. Desktop-only websites just aren't good enough anymore. With mobile internet usage still rising and tablets changing internet consumption habits, you need to know how to build websites that will just "work," regardless of the devices used to access them. This Learning Path course explains all the key approaches necessary to create and maintain a modern responsive design using HTML5 and CSS3.Our first module is a step-by-step introduction to ease you into the responsive world, where you will learn to build engaging websites. With coverage of Responsive Grid System, Bootstrap, and Foundation, you will discover three of the most robust frameworks in responsive web design. Next, you'll learn to create a cool blog page, a beautiful portfolio site, and a crisp professional business site and make them all totally responsive.Packed with examples and a thorough explanation of modern techniques and syntax, the second module provides a comprehensive resource for all things "responsive." You'll explore the most up-to-date techniques and tools needed to build great responsive designs, ensuring that your projects won't just be built "right" for today, but in the future too.The last and the final module is your guide to obtaining full access to next generation devices and browser technology. Create responsive applications that make snappy connections for mobile browsers and give your website the latest design and development advantages to reach mobile devices. At the end of this course, you will learn to get and use all the tools you need to build and test your responsive web project performance and take your website to the next level.This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products:- Responsive Web Design by Example: Beginner's Guide - Second Edition by Thoriq Firdaus- Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3 - Second Edition by Ben Frain- HTML5 and CSS3 Responsive Web Design Cookbook by Benjamin LaGroneStyle and approachThis Learning Path course provides a simplistic and easy way to build powerful, engaging, responsive, and future proof websites across devices using HTML5 and CSS3 to meet the demands of the modern web user.

Design and deliver an optimal user experience for all devicesAbout 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 sizeWho This Book Is ForThis 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 DetailResponsive 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.