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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS - Fourth Edition

By : Ben Frain
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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS - Fourth Edition

3.5 (4)
By: Ben Frain

Overview of this book

Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS, Fourth Edition, is a fully revamped and extended version of one of the most comprehensive and bestselling books on the latest HTML5 and CSS techniques for responsive web design. It emphasizes pragmatic application, teaching you the approaches needed to build most real-life websites, with downloadable examples in every chapter. Written in the author's friendly and easy-to-follow style, this edition covers all the newest developments and improvements in responsive web design, including approaches for better accessibility, variable fonts and font loading, and the latest color manipulation tools making their way to browsers. You can enjoy coverage of bleeding-edge features such as CSS layers, container queries, nesting, and subgrid. The book concludes by exploring some exclusive tips and approaches for front-end development from the author. By the end of the book, you will not only have a comprehensive understanding of responsive web design and what is possible with the latest HTML5 and CSS, but also the knowledge of how to best implement each technique. Read through as a complete guide or dip in as a reference for each topic-focused chapter.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section I: The Fundamentals of Responsive Web Design
7
Section II: Core Skills for Effective Front-End Web Development
16
Section III: Latest Platform Features and Parting Advice
19
Other Books You May Enjoy
20
Index

To get the most out of this book

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  • You’ll need a modern browser such as Firefox, Edge, Safari, or Chrome.
  • You’ll need an appreciation of mediocre jokes and obscure references to popular culture.

Download the example code files

The code bundle for the book is hosted at the book’s dedicated website at https://rwd.education/, as well as on GitHub at https://github.com/benfrain/rwd4. We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. For example: “We can fix that prior problem easily by adding this snippet in the <head>.”

A block of code is set as follows:

img { 
    max-width: 100%; 
}

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

img { 
    max-width: 100%;
    display: inline-flex;
}

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes. For example: “When writing HTML, you will typically be marking up or writing content inside a series of tags or elements.”

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.