Summary

The philosophy that is RWD opens up lots of opportunities for us as designers. With the advent of mobile and other internet-capable devices, it is important to not only make the switch, but also understand how to get it right. We've covered a number of useful topics around RWD, so let's take a moment to reflect on what you've learned in this chapter.

We kicked off with a gentle introduction to RWD, before exploring the basic principles behind making our sites responsive and understanding some of the key elements that make up RWD.

We then moved on to explore the importance of RWD as a set of guiding principles we can follow; we explored how this compares to adaptive design, and that while responsive design can be harder to implement, it is worth the effort over time.

Next up came a look at strategy—we covered the importance of getting this right, along with the different elements that should be considered when making the move toward working responsively. We took a look at some of the best practices that we can follow and called out designing for touch as a key part of these guidelines, to illustrate some of the decisions we need to make during development.

We then rounded out the chapter with an extensive look at creating a development workflow. We explored how we may have to make changes to our existing processes, and some of the topics that have to be incorporated into our development, before discussing some of the points where we might trip us up, if we don't take care over our designs!

Phew, there's a lot of detail there! The great thing though is that we've covered a lot of the strategic considerations we need to make; it's time to put some of this into practice and start building content and layouts. Let's move on and start looking at how we can build flexible grid layouts. This will be the subject of the next chapter in our journey.