Books | Responsive Web Design

1. Basic programming concepts - assuming no prior knowledge of programming beyond an ability to create a web page using HTML & CSS
2. Core elements of the JavaScript language - so you can learn how to write your own scripts from scratch
3. jQuery - which will allow you to simplify the process of writing scripts (this is introduced half-way through the book once you have a solid understanding of JavaScript)
4. How to recreate techniques you will have seen on other web sites such as sliders, content filters, form validation, updating content using Ajax, and much more (these examples demonstrate writing your own scripts from scratch and how the theory you have learned is put into practice).

• Breaks subjects down into bite-sized chunks with a new topic on each page
• Contains clear descriptions of syntax, each one demonstrated with inspiring code samples
• Uses diagrams and photography to explain complex concepts in a visual way

Discover how you can easily create engaging, responsive websites with minimum hassle!

Overview

• Rapidly develop and prototype responsive websites by utilizing powerful open source frameworks
• Focus less on the theory and more on results, with clear step-by-step instructions, previews, and examples to help you along the way.
• Learn how you can utilize three of the most powerful responsive frameworks available today: Bootstrap, Skeleton, and Zurb Foundation.

In Detail

Responsive 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. You can now create your very own responsive website quickly and efficiently, allowing you to showcase your content in a format that will work on any device with an Internet browser.

By following our detailed step-by-step instructions in this structured reference guide, you will learn how you can build engaging responsive websites. With coverage of Bootstrap, Skeleton, and Zurb Foundation you'll learn about three of the most powerful responsive frameworks available today.

Leading you through by practical example, you'll find that this essential reference develops your understanding by actually helping you create beautiful websites step by step in front of your very eyes. After going over the basics, you'll be able to choose between creating your own responsive portfolio page with Skeleton, building a stunning product page with Bootstrap, or setting up your own professional business website with Zurb Foundation. Ultimately you'll learn how to decide which framework is right for you, and how you can deploy and customize it to your exact specifications!

What you will learn from this book

• Learn how to decide which responsive framework is right for you.
• Harness the flexibility of Skeleton to create a truly unique portfolio.
• Use Bootstrap to almost effortlessly create a stunning product launch page.
• Create an online presence for your business that will work on any device with Zurb Foundation.
• Discover how you can leverage CSS to its full potential for refining your responsive websites.

Approach

Written as a concise yet practical guide with an explicit focus on showing beginners how to get their very own responsive websites up and running, this essential reference includes coverage of tried-and-tested responsive frameworks in a project-based format that simultaneously provides visible results whilst developing core understanding.

Who this book is written for

Ideal for anybody who wants their online presence to be compatible with devices and resolutions of any size, "Responsive Web Design by Example" shows you how to select the right framework for your own project requirements and then guides you through the process of installation, configuration, and customization. With three highly structured and meticulously designed projects to choose from, it is the ideal reference for both new and existing web developers who want to be able to augment their skills and showcase their content in a truly professional manner.

With a vast selection of typefaces now available, there is no excuse for using boring typography in web design. The New Web Typography: Create a Visual Hierarchy with Responsive Web Design shows you how to implement web-safe fonts to create visually appealing and multi-browser-friendly websites while encouraging you to develop designs that express your own unique typographic voice.

This book discusses general principles for choosing typefaces for on-screen display and tips for creating a visual hierarchy that works on monitors, tablets, and smartphones. It shares some of the authors’ personal experiences to illustrate situations where one font would be more effective than another in giving readers an optimized experience that includes quick download times and an overall aesthetically pleasing presentation.

Since good typography is good web design, font selection is a critical aspect of web design. The New Web Typography is more than a simple overview of web typography. It provides practical advice and examples that help you make good decisions in choosing fonts for web design.

About This Book

• Explore the process of combining responsive patterns together to fit the needs of your own website or project
• Organize your projects by creating responsive pattern libraries and manage unruly design systems as they grow
• Break down the best responsive websites to their patterns and learn how to build them in your own projects

Who This Book Is For

This book is intended for HTML and CSS beginners who want to know where to start when creating a responsive website. It is also for more experienced developers who perhaps need a little inspiration for their next project.

What You Will Learn

• Gain knowledge of the pros and cons of popular responsive patterns
• Build each pattern on your own using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript by following the examples and guidelines provided in each chapter
• Know how to combine patterns to create unique solutions for your own projects
• Understand the benefits of creating a pattern library and learn how to use it efficiently
• Pay attention to detail by reviewing commonly forgotten responsive elements, such as typography
• See real-world examples of these patterns being used by popular websites such as Disney, NASA, and many more
• Review techniques and best practices when it comes to building responsive websites

In Detail

Keep track of responsive web design (RWD) patterns by building your own pattern library and creating some of RWD's most popular patterns. For beginners and pros, this book provides a toolset to help plan the design and functionality of a responsive website.

The book begins with creating a home for all your patterns by setting up your own pattern library. Each chapter is broken down into the different sections of a website, presenting patterns for each section. You will then move on to build responsive layouts of varying degrees of complexity to house the type of content you need. Develop menu systems and see which type of responsive navigation fits the size of your website. Next, you'll learn tactics to present media and data elegantly on different screen sizes. Finally, you'll tie up all those loose ends in your responsive website and pattern library to get it ready for launch.

About This Book

• Rapidly develop and prototype responsive websites by utilizing powerful open source frameworks
• Focus less on the theory and more on results, with clear step-by-step instructions, previews, and examples to help you along the way
• Learn how you can utilize three of the most powerful responsive frameworks available today: Responsive Grid System, Bootstrap, and Foundation

Who This Book Is For

This is the ideal reference for both new and existing web developers who want to be able to augment their skills and showcase their content in a truly professional manner.

What You Will Learn

• Use Responsive Grid System, Bootstrap, and Foundation frameworks for responsive web design
• Build a semantic website structure with HTML5 elements
• Determine the responsive website persona with CSS3
• Harness the power of CSS preprocessor to compose programmable and more maintainable CSS
• Customize and extend responsive design frameworks
• Use Bower to organize website dependencies
• Learn how to decide which framework best suits your project specification

In Detail

Responsive 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.

By following our detailed step-by-step instructions in this reference guide, you will learn to build engaging responsive websites. With coverage of Responsive Grid System, Bootstrap, and Foundation, you will learn about three of the most powerful frameworks in responsive web design. You will learn to create a cool blog page, a beautiful portfolio site, and a crisp professional business site and make them all totally responsive. You'll also find out which framework works best for your project specifications.

Tablets, desktops, smartphones, laptops, minis: we live in a world of screens, all of different sizes. Library websites need to work on all of them, but maintaining separate sites or content management systems is resource intensive and still unlikely to address all the variations. Experienced responsive web developer Reidsma, named a web librarian to watch by ACRL's TechConnect blog, shares proven methods for delivering the same content to all users using HTML and CSS. His practical guidance will enable web developers to save valuable time and resources by working with a library's existing design to add responsive web design features. With both clarity and thoroughness, and firmly addressing the expectations of library website users, this book

• Shows why responsive web design is so important, and how its flexibility can meet the needs of both today's users and tomorrow's technology
• Provides in-depth coverage of implementing responsive web design on an existing site, steps for taking traditional desktop CSS and adding breakpoints for site responsiveness, and ways to use grids to achieve a visual layout that's adaptable to different devices
• Includes valuable tips and techniques from web developers and designers, such as how to do more with fewer resources, and improving performance by designing a site that sends fewer bytes over fewer connections
• Offers advice for making vendor sites responsive
• Features an abundance of screen captures, associated code samples, and links to additional resources

This guide shows how, through responsive web design, libraries can build one site for all devices now and in the future with just HTML and CSS.

Learn Mobile & Responsive Web Design quickly and painlessly through step by step exercises from Noble Desktop, New York's premier computer graphics training facility.

The best way to learn a new software is to jump right in and create projects using step by step exercises. Noble Desktop has perfected the art of step by step exercises after training thousands of students since 1991. This workbook is the one we give to students of our classes, and is used by teachers and colleges worldwide. Noble Noble Desktop is a New York State-licensed school.

With This Workbook & CD You Will Learn About:

• The Viewport Meta Tag
• Loading Hi-Res Images for Retina Display Devices
• Custom Web Fonts with CSS @font-face
• CSS3 Gradients and Shadows
• Fluid Widths
• The Mobile First Approach to Webpage Development
• CSS Media Queries
• Moving from Wireframe to the Full Site
• Preventing Large Images from Loading on Small Screens
• Flexible Images
• HTML5 Boilerplate
• Twitter Bootstrap
• And much much more...