Responsive Web Design (D500)

Whether you design for mobile devices as a primary target or as a nice extra, you can use the power of CSS to ensure that the same content can be accessed across all hardware platforms, from mobile phones to wide-screen high-resolution displays.

Three key technical features are the heart of responsive Web design:

Media queries and media query listeners
A flexible grid-based layout that uses relative sizing
Flexible images and media, through dynamic resizing or CSS

Truly responsive Web design requires all three features to be implemented.

While mobile devices are changing the display landscape, with the appearance of more and more small screens, don’t forget what’s happening at the other end of the spectrum. Displays are also getting larger and larger.

Having to serve both segments shouldn’t stop designers from being innovative which is why Responsive Design is now the standard in creating web sites today.

Understand the main components of responsive design.
Use of media queries
Know the importance of the viewport
The importance of a mobile first design
How to apply a grid system
Use the various HTML5 semantic elements
Learn the most up-to-date responsive image techniques
How typography can be made responsive
Use of polyfills for legacy browsers
Mobile menu techniques
How to fully test a responsive design
Learn about web components

Who Should Attend: This course is for anybody who wants to know how to create websites that will display its content appropriately for all types of mobile and desktop devices.

Outline

Week 1 - Responsive Design Concepts

What is Responsive Design?
Mobile First concepts
Core Concepts
- fluid grids
- flexible images
- media queries
Examples
Viewport Meta Tag
Testing tools

Week 2: Responsive Content and Media Queries

Content Strategy
Developing Content
- How users read
- Headings
- Content Parity
Responsive Content
- Dynamic loading (ie. lazy loading)
- Selective loading
Viewport
Separating Content from Presentation
Media Queries
- Syntax
- embedded vs external
- Determining breakpoints
Navigation
- Types
- Navigation Patterns
- Examples

Week 3: Grids, Typography and Responsive Images

Grid overview
Absolute and relative font sizes
- Ems
- Rems
- Converting pixel to ems/rems
Responsive Images
- Retina screens (high resolution)
- DPR
- Issues with fixed-width sizing
- srcset and sizes attribute
- element
- Best solutions and pitfalls
- Polyfills
- What is supported today?

Week 4: Testing and Debugging

Testing techniques overview
- Browser
- Device testing
- Unit testing
- Visual Regression testing
- Automated testing
Common problems with RWD testing

Week 5: Bootstrap Frameworks Overview

Overview of CSS frameworks
Bootstrap highlights
How Bootstrap Grid works
Other fun components

Week 6: Creating a Responsive Site from Scratch

We will review step-by-step the creation of a simple responsive website with custom CSS (no CSS frameworks).

Prerequisites

Students should be knowledgeable in HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript

Requirements

Web hosting is required (can be a free one).
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Books:

No Textbook Required

Additional information:

Your place in the course is confirmed by your payment. Introductory courses are intended for students with no experience in the subject matter and are seeking beginner level training.

Refund Policy: Please read our Terms and Refund Policy before registering for this course.

Additional Cost: Book and software might be required for the course. Read the Requirements and Book section for more information. Course fee does not include the book and software cost .

How eClasses Work:Instructors post lectures (text-based, no video or audio), reading selections, and hands-on assignments once a week in the online classroom. Students can discuss the assignments with the instructor and amongst themselves in the classroom area. This format has no set meeting time, which allows students to attend class at a time most convenient to them, yet still provides logically organized communication between class participants. Students can apply for the completion certificate after finishing the class.

Price:

$240.00

Item No.:

D500

Instructor:

Frank Stepanski

Open Courses: No other sessions are scheduled for this course. You can add to your wish list and you will be notified when other sessions are scheduled.

Instructor's Profile

Frank Stepanski has a Masters in software engineering and has over 10 years experience in web development. Frank has worked with technologies such as ASP.NET, SQL Server, PHP, MySQL, as well as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Before you register for this class, please read the Outline, Prerequisites, Requirements, Books, and Refund Policy sections carefully.

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