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Responsive Design High Performance

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Responsive Design High Performance

Overview of this book

This book is ideal for developers who have experience in developing websites or possess minor knowledge of how responsive websites work. No experience of high-level website development or performance tweaking is required.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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7. Speeding Up Development with Design Concepts, Patterns, and Programs
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Index

Chapter 1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Responsive Web Design

Responsive web design, often referred to as RWD, has brought many great things for web designers since its inception in 2004, although the term was only coined in 2007 by Ethan Marcotte. The technique of adapting the layout of a site was written by Cameron Adams in 2004.

Here is a breakdown of what we'll discuss in this chapter:

  • An overview of the good, the bad, and the ugly of responsive design
  • We will look at some examples in each case
  • Thereafter, we will take a look at the effects of each example, and how it affects end users and the business