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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS

Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS - Third Edition

By : Ben Frain
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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS

Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS

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By: Ben Frain

Overview of this book

Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS, Third Edition is a renewed and extended version of one of the most comprehensive and bestselling books on the latest HTML5 and CSS tools and techniques for responsive web design. Written in the author's signature friendly and informal style, this edition covers all the newest developments and improvements in responsive web design including better user accessibility, variable fonts and font loading, CSS Scroll Snap, and much, much more. With a new chapter dedicated to CSS Grid, you will understand how it differs from the Flexbox layout mechanism and when you should use one over the other. Furthermore, you will acquire practical knowledge of SVG, writing accessible HTML markup, creating stunning aesthetics and effects with CSS, applying transitions, transformations, and animations, integrating media queries, and more. The book concludes by exploring some exclusive tips and approaches for front-end development from the author. By the end of this 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.
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Introducing Flexbox

Flexbox addresses the shortfalls in each of the aforementioned display mechanisms. Here's a brief overview of its superpowers:

  • It can easily center contents vertically.
  • It can change the visual order of elements.
  • It can automatically space and align elements within a box, automatically assigning available space between them.
  • Items can be laid out in a row, a row going in the reverse direction, a column down the page, or a column going in reverse order up a page.
  • It can make you look 10 years younger (probably not, but in low numbers of empirical tests (me), it has been proven to reduce stress).

The bumpy path to Flexbox

Flexbox has been through a few major iterations before arriving at the stable version we have today. For example, consider the changes from the 2009 version (http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-css3-flexbox-20090723/), the 2011 version (http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-flexbox-20111129/), and the...

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