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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3

By : Ben Frain
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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3

By: Ben Frain

Overview of this book

Tablets, smart phones and even televisions are being used increasingly to view the web. There's never been a greater range of screen sizes and associated user experiences to consider. Web pages built to be responsive provide the best possible version of their content to match the viewing devices of not just today's devices but tomorrow's too.Learn how to design websites according to the new "responsive design"ù methodology, allowing a website to display beautifully on every screen size. Follow along, building and enhancing a responsive web design with HTML5 and CSS3. The book provides a practical understanding of these new technologies and techniques that are set to be the future of front-end web development. Starting with a static Photoshop composite, create a website with HTML5 and CSS3 which is flexible depending on the viewer's screen size.With HTML5, pages are leaner and more semantic. A fluid grid design and CSS3 media queries means designs can flex and adapt for any screen size. Beautiful backgrounds, box-shadows and animations will be added ñ all using the power, simplicity and flexibility of CSS3.Responsive web design with HTML5 and CSS3 provides the necessary knowledge to ensure your projects won't just be built "right" for today but also the future.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

About the Reviewers

Ed Henderson is an experienced Web Developer with a love for designing and building things online.

Not afraid to get his hands dirty and his feet wet, he is open to most technologies as long as they are useful and fun.

Ed has a degree in Computer Science and runs his own business (Web Man Walking). He has worked freelance, permanent and contracted, and has a vast understanding of all aspects of the industry, from web pages to web apps and social media.

Ed thrives on coming up with fresh ideas. He has been a Programmer, Software Developer, and is now a Web Superhero who likes nothing more than tinkering with all things shiny, fluffy, and fuzzy. Making a difference and turning an idea into a useful, working thing are what floats Ed's boat.

You may not know that Ed is the Dad from Jack Draws Anything, http://jackdrawsanything.com/ and winner of the prestigious .net Social Campaign of the Year 2011 award.

Ed lives in Upper Cockenzie, East Lothian, Scotland with the rest of Team Hendo; his amazing wife, Rose and sidekicks, Jack, Toby, and Noah.

You can follow Ed over at http://edhenderson.com (always a work in progress, so excuse the mess) or on Twitter, @edhenderson.

Mauvis Ledford is a full-stack Web Developer specializing in frontend architecture. He's been working actively in this field for the past 9 years, the last two concentrating on the Mobile Web and HTML5.

He runs his own HTML5 web consultancy, specializing in responsive design and write-once deploy everywhere web applications at http://www.brainswap.me. He has worked or was contracted for Disney Mobile, Skype, Netflix, and many startups in the San Francisco Bay area.

Kamrujaman Shohel has 6 years of experience as a Frontend Engineer and is an expert in multiple areas. He has a strong background as a User Interface/Frontend Engineer, UX Designer, UI Specialist, and Usability Consultant. After graduating in 2004, he started his career as a PHP Developer with SSR IT, before working with Multimode Group (Microsoft Department) as an Analyst. He has always liked frontend development, because he can visually apply his creativity there; this is the reason why he changed his career path in January 2005 to become a successful Frontend Developer. Since then, he has worked with Right Brain Solution Limited, as a Senior Frontend Developer. He has excellent expertise on HTML, HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, jQuery UI, PHP, Photoshop CS5, Photoshop CS5, and Illustrator CS5. For the last two years, he has been working with Trenza Softwares, as a Senior Frontend Engineer (Team Lead), has also been working with Mesovison Consultancy Limited as an IT Consultant, and has been a part-time Freelance Developer. He likes to research interface design, interactivity, user compatibility and comprehensive usability and high end web application functionality. This year, he plans to start writing a book on HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, jQuery Mobile, or jQuery UI. His vision is to establish his own company and a foundation where people will help each other develop their talents.

Unless he is asleep, he is always working. Outside of his work he keeps himself up-to-date by reading technical books and researching frontend engineering. He has excellent knowledge of PHP, C, C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, CakePHP, Zend Framework, Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress. Though he is a Frontend Engineer, he believes practice makes a man perfect, so he always keeps himself updated with new technologies.